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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 587

child obesity

Illustrative: Woman holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, in Front Royal, Virginia, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
May 3, 2024, 9:04 pm
Weight loss drug Wegovy arrives in Israel, ending off-label use of Ozempic
With the drug purchased privately and often requiring injections of increasing doses, users face high ongoing monthly prices
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A child stands on a scale (Dmitriy Protsenko; iStock by Getty Images)
October 13, 2021, 8:07 pm
To fight childhood obesity, Israeli docs prescribe app that gamifies weight loss
The pandemic has accentuated the problem; with kids struggling to follow health advice between doctor appointments, prize-driven software could help keep them committed
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative photo of overweight people hiking at the Wingate institute in Israel. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
December 1, 2019, 10:04 am
Report finds obesity on the rise among Israelis, but smoking levels steady
Increasing numbers of adults are overweight but child obesity rate fell significantly in recent years; separate report shows slight increase in number of people diagnosed with HIV
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli schoolchildren, August 27, 2013. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90/File)
June 15, 2017, 5:24 pm
UNICEF child welfare report finds Israel among worst in developed world
One in three children is considered poor in the Jewish state, says UN agency
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative photo of overweight people hiking at the Wingate institute in Israel. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 13, 2017, 12:49 am
1 in 4 Israeli women and 1 in 6 men are obese, study finds
Worldwide obesity rates ballooning, putting more at risk, according to 35-year global investigation published by medical journal
By AFP and ToI Staff
Judy Krasna
December 14, 2016, 11:24 am
Judy Krasna
Let them eat donuts
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman’s war on the Hanukkah treat will do exactly nothing to fight obesity
The Persian version of 'Plate my Meal' plates (Courtesy)
September 21, 2016, 10:16 am
Iranians said keen on Israel’s obesity-busting plate
Israeli firm ‘Plate my Meal’ has created plates to guide parents on what to serve in fight against obesity; Tehran is interested too
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: Obesity (Pixabay)
April 14, 2016, 6:42 pm
Study: Risk for heart disease begins in teen years
17-year-olds who are anything above very thin could face significantly more risk for cardiovascular issues, a Hebrew University study shows
By David Shamah
Longtime Subway frontman Jared Fogle speaks to students about healthy eating and exercise at Battle Academy in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 18, 2013. (Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)
July 7, 2015, 8:39 pm
‘Subway Guy’ Jared Fogle’s home raided in child porn case
Electronics removed from home of eatery’s spokesman, whose massive weight loss helped brand the sandwich chain as healthy
By AP and ToI Staff
First lady Michelle Obama stands with chef Sam Kass, recently resigned White House senior policy adviser for nutrition policy, at the White House in Washington, DC, June 12, 2104. (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak, File)
December 26, 2014, 2:21 am
Obama personal chef to hang up apron after 6 years
Sam Kass, a Jewish Chicagoan, was also senior adviser for nutrition policy and executive director of first lady’s anti-obesity campaign
By AP
An image from the JCDecaux campaign showing an overweight child on a seesaw lifting three other children. (photo credit: JCDecaux)
January 9, 2014, 7:17 pm
Agency pulls ‘fat-shaming’ child obesity awareness ads
Child specialists: Billboard campaign warning of rising number of overweight kids counterproductive and ‘repulsive’
By Itamar Sharon
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