Article Archive for May 2011
Children Growing Fatter and Sickly Due to Junk FoodPosted in Media Coverage on 5 May 2011
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Dr. Vincent Onywera was interviewed today by the Daily Nation about a recent study:
Kenyan children and youth are walking less and eating more junk food. As a result they are growing fatter, lazier and more sickly than their peers
Kenya’s 2011 Report Card on the Physical Activity and Body Weight of Children and YouthPosted in Report Card on 5 May 2011
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Healthy Active Kids Kenya – in partnership with Active Healthy Kids Canada, HALO and KIDS-CAN – released their inaugural physical activity report card on May 5th in Nairobi.
Both the short and long forms of the Kenyan Report Card are … [read more]
About The KIDS-CAN Research AlliancePosted in Uncategorized on 1 May 2011
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Canadian children and youth are becoming obese as a result of insufficient physical activity and poor diet. Kenya is a country where traditionally most children live an active lifestyle and thus have been protected from the childhood obesity pandemic. Currently, … [read more]
