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Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference

Incremental changes in a family’s diet and lifestyle can improve a child’s health

Aired 09/26/2013

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Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference

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Incremental changes in a family’s diet and lifestyle can improve a child’s health

Incremental changes in a family’s diet and lifestyle can drastically improve a child’s health.

Aired 09/26/2013

Are the Risks the Same for Everyone?

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Minority groups like the Torres Family often have a higher risk of obesity (3m 17s)

Conclusion

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Parents and caregivers are children’s best role-models for healthy eating habits (1m 44s)

Countdown for Healthy Living

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Programs provide easy-to-follow strategies to help families live healthier lifestyles. (1m 39s)

Eat Less, Move More

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Physical activity for at least sixty minutes a day can significantly curb weight gain (2m 51s)

The Helm Family

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The Helm family’s son’s personal struggles being overweight. (1m 41s)

introduction

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An introduction of the childhood obesity epidemic. (1m 17s)

Is it Baby Fat or What?

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The Cordero family learns that their son is overweight. (2m 41s)

Our Genes are Not Our Destiny

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Weight gain in children can be reversed when families actively change their eating habits (1m 57s)

Portion Distortion

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The growth in food portion sizes has aided the rise childhood of obesity. (1m 31s)

A Weight-loss Journey

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A personal story of childhood obesity and weight loss in adulthood. (4m 14s)

You Are What You Eat

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The rise of processed foods is another factor in the rise of childhood obesity. (1m 41s)

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