In the June 12, 2009 edition of WLS News, we’ll explain why more children are suffering from sleep disordered breathing in the U.S., and why obesity rates are higher among low-income black children in the U.K. Plus, get the details of an alliance between Scotland and France against the childhood obesity plague, and find out whether food-focused moms make their children fatter. Finally we’ll dish about actress and director Nia Vardalos’ weight loss secrets and find out how she dropped more than 40 pounds!
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Organizations mentioned in this episode:
- Scottish Government
- EPODE
- National Health Service Scotland
- London Health Observatory
- Foresight UK
- National Health Service
- National Child Measurement Programme
- Nina Danielson, MSW (therapist and author)
- Bariatric Girl (Yvonne McCarthy’s WLS support site)
- Obesity (journal of the Obesity Society)
- U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- University of Antwerp
- Nia Vardalos
June 12th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
As always Miss Leslie, beautiful job. I just want to thank you for doing this each week and for making a difference by giving back to the WLS Community. So thank you very much…to you and Craig and the entire staff that makes this happen for us each week.
Many blessings, Yvonne