Why food deprivation in childhood is linked to obesity
As energy prices rise and the cost of living goes up, it is estimated that there are four million children from poorer households who have limited or uncertain access to healthy food.Read more
Our cities are making us fat and unhealthy – a ‘healthy location index’ can help us plan better
As councils and central government consider what cities of the future will look like, a new tool has been developed to map how various features of where we live influence public health.Read more
Children in urban areas with high pollution ‘at higher risk of obesity’
Children raised in urban areas with high levels of air pollution, noise and traffic may be more susceptible to childhood obesity, according to researchers in Spain.Read more
Child in the City: News round-up 13 November 2020
Brain imaging ‘can predict childhood weight gain’ A greater density of cells in a key reward centre of the brain is associated with obesity in children and predicts future weight gain, says a new study by...Read more
New Zealand is violating the rights of its children. Is it time to change the legal definition of age discrimination?
The comforting claim that New Zealand is a great place to bring up kids took another hit with the recent damning UNICEF report on child well-being.Read more
Children in polluted cities ‘more likely to suffer from obesity’
Children living in air pollution-plagued cities with high population density, ‘unwalkable’ infrastructure and who have parents who smoke are more likely to become obese, say US researchers.Read more
Watching TV ‘has strongest link’ with childhood obesity – study
Watching television is the lifestyle habit ‘most strongly associated’ with obesity in children, says an international health research centre which looked at city children’s habits. The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) did a study of...Read more