What Does the Research Say?
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Activity Tips for November
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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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