Overweight children face serious health concerns, including hardened arteries and the risk of adult-onset diabetes. Now, researchers have found that obese kids also have an increased incidence of sleep-disordered breathing, or SDB. Read the full story

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! Read the full story