What Does the Research Say?
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Activity Tips
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 On
your marks, get set, go . . . Race
your children to the car instead
of walking!
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Issue Brief: The Role of Media in Childhood
Obesity.
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, February
2004.
Accessed at: www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia022404pkg.cfm
Parents Play Important Role in How Much
Kids Eat: www.kidshealth.org/research/parents_role.html
A study from researchers at Cornell University
in Ithaca, New York, found that children tend
to eat more if they're served more, instead
of relying on internal cues to regulate their
calorie intake.
Screen In: How Excessive Screen Time Promotes
Obesity.
A literature review by the TV Turnoff Network,
2004.
Accessed at: www.tvturnoff.org/images/action/AmLivedocsrpt.pdf
Study: Watching TV can lead kids to obesity.
(September 30, 2005).
Chicago Sun Times: www.suntimes.com/output/health/cst-nws-fat30.html
TV confuses children about which foods are
healthy, new study finds (June 6, 2005),
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
www.news.uiuc.edu/news/05/0606kidfood.html
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