Researchers discuss physical activity as a way of maintaining or improving health; daily walking is still the best exercise

Researchers discuss physical activity as a way of maintaining or improving health; daily walking is still the best exercise

Unknown 5:31 PM child obesity, childhood obesity, children's health, diet, exercise, nutrition, physical activity, physical inactivity, research, schools

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Obesity worsens the damage that arthritis does to joints, but simply telling patients to go home and...

Beshear cites signs toward better health: kids are more active and getting more dental care; adults are getting more screenings

Beshear cites signs toward better health: kids are more active and getting more dental care; adults are getting more screenings

Unknown 4:18 PM childhood obesity, children's health, diabetes, exercise, health reform, Medicaid, obesity, physical inactivity, prevention, smoking, smoking bans, tobacco, walking

Kentucky Health News Kentucky is moving toward achieving the broad, ambitious goals for better health that Gov. Steve Beshear laid out when ...

Are nutrition rules for schools and day-care centers too much regulation, or steps in the right direction, toward better health?

Are nutrition rules for schools and day-care centers too much regulation, or steps in the right direction, toward better health?

Unknown 4:50 PM child care, childhood obesity, chronic disease, community journalism, health journalism, journalism, newspapers, nutrition, obesity, school lunch, schools

Commentary by Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Paducah Sun' s editorial on Jan. 20 said the Obama administration has oversteppe...

Study finds kids eat too much pizza, too often, and it's bad for their health

Study finds kids eat too much pizza, too often, and it's bad for their health

Unknown 10:06 AM calories, childhood obesity, nutrition

While pizza consumption is lower than it used to be, kids are still eating too much of it, and it's affecting their health, Roberto A. F...

Study finds students with heavy fast-food diets have test scores about 20% lower than those who don't east fast food

Study finds students with heavy fast-food diets have test scores about 20% lower than those who don't east fast food

Unknown 8:50 AM childhood obesity, children, children's health, diet, education, fast food, nutrition, schools

Eating fast food may cause lower test scores in school, says a recent study of U.S. school children. The study, published online in the jour...

Spending bill allows schools that show 'hardship' to vary from requirement to serve 100 percent whole grains

Spending bill allows schools that show 'hardship' to vary from requirement to serve 100 percent whole grains

Unknown 8:43 PM child obesity, childhood obesity, children, children's health, Congress, exercise, food, nutrition, politics, school lunch

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The massive 2015 spending bill signed by President Obama Dec. 16 includes a provision to help school...

Anti-obesity program targets preschoolers, will expand to rural Kentucky next year

Anti-obesity program targets preschoolers, will expand to rural Kentucky next year

Unknown 1:54 PM childhood obesity, exercise, health education, nutrition

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest America's Health Rankings report ranks Kentucky as the 47th healthiest state, a fall ...

Study: Secondhand smoke and road pollution contribute to obesity in children more in combination than separately

Study: Secondhand smoke and road pollution contribute to obesity in children more in combination than separately

Unknown 1:33 PM air pollution, childhood obesity, research, smoking

Diet and physical activity aren't the only causes for the obesity epidemic that is sweeping our nation; a recent study finds that second...

#ThanksMichelleObama: Students use social media to voice their unhappiness with revamped school lunches

#ThanksMichelleObama: Students use social media to voice their unhappiness with revamped school lunches

Unknown 11:15 AM child obesity, childhood obesity, children, nutrition, school lunch, youth

School kids around the country are tweeting pictures of their unappetizing school lunches and blaming the most prominent advocate for health...

Study finds that signs that connect calories to activity are more effective than nutrition labels to change behavior

Study finds that signs that connect calories to activity are more effective than nutrition labels to change behavior

Unknown 12:37 PM childhood obesity, nutrition

Most Americans don't adjust their bad eating habits after reading nutrition labels, but when they are provided information that is easy ...

Boone County school bans all food at school birthday celebrations, partly in an effort to combat childhood obesity

Boone County school bans all food at school birthday celebrations, partly in an effort to combat childhood obesity

Unknown 6:44 PM childhood obesity, schools

Burlington Elementary School in Boone County has banned all food during birthday celebrations, including ice cream and cake, as part of its ...

Experts suggest ways to win public-policy changes to fight obesity

Experts suggest ways to win public-policy changes to fight obesity

Unknown 1:25 PM childhood obesity, exercise, obesity, physical activity, school lunch, schools

Though the obesity epidemic shows signs of stabilizing, it still carries national security risks—negatively affecting education, agriculture...

State health department issues 'call for action' to fight childhood obesity, seeks help from child-care providers

State health department issues 'call for action' to fight childhood obesity, seeks help from child-care providers

Unknown 9:54 AM child care, childhood obesity, obesity

The state Department for Public Health  has issued a "call for action" to fight childhood obesity, a long-term health burden in wh...

Kentucky ranks fifth in obesity and its high-schoolers rank first

Kentucky ranks fifth in obesity and its high-schoolers rank first

Unknown 8:58 PM arthritis, cancer, childhood obesity, diabetes, health, heart health, hypertension, obesity

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Obesity and health problems go hand in hand, and Kentuckians are known for both. Kentucky now has th...

School fundraisers that involve food must meet the new federal nutrition guidelines; state hasn't sought an exemption

School fundraisers that involve food must meet the new federal nutrition guidelines; state hasn't sought an exemption

Unknown 5:44 PM childhood obesity, Hunger-Free Kids Act, nutrition, schools, Smart Snacks in School

Fundraising with foods that don't meet schools' new federal nutrition guidelines will not be allowed during the school day in Kentuc...

Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree

Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree

Unknown 7:16 PM Appalachia, child obesity, childhood obesity, county health departments, exercise, health status, heart disease, heart health, hospitals, obesity, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, tobacco, tobacco prevention

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Appalachian Kentucky has the enthusiasm, creativity, people and facilities needed to greatly improve its di...