American kids are getting fatter.

5/26/2016

Just interviewed nutrition expert and author Jill Castle, MS, RDN, on the rise of childhood obesity in America. One in three kids in the U.S. is overweight or obese in 2016, triple the rate from 1963. What are we doing about it? I'll post her advice when the story goes live in time for back to school.

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Celebrity Health Profiles
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* Tiffany Haddish
* Lesley Stahl
_Annette Bening
_Marcia Gay Harden
_Sharon Stone
_Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan
_Jack Johnson & 13
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_ Jack Johnson Q&A (extra)
_Zoe Saldana
_Seth Meyers
_Curtis Stone
_Seth Rogen &
Lauren Miller Rogen
_Cameron Diaz
_Adrian Grenier
_Neil Patrick Harris
_Laura Prepon
_Joe Manganiello
_Chelsea Handler
_Matthew McConaughey
_Jimmy Fallon
_Chris Rock
_Hilary Swank
_Demi Lovato
_PBS Chef Ed Kenney
_Queen Latifah (USA Today)
_Queen Latifah (WebMD)
_Jenna Bush
_Rob Lowe
_Seth Rogen
_Kerry Washington
_Abigail Breslin
_Marcia Gay Harden
_Maggie Q.
_Anna Kendrick
_Lucy Liu
_Ty Burrell
_Kermit the Frog
_Christina Applegate
_Anna Kendrick
_"Veep"'s Reid Scott
_Alicia Keys
_Claire Danes
_Debi Mazar
_Chris O'Donnell
_Julie Bowen
_Taraji P. Henson
_Alanis Morissette
_Carrie Fisher
_Harrison Ford
_Kellan Lutz
_Ang Lee
_Stanley Tucci
_Sheryl Crow
_Lisa Ling
_Julia Louis-Dreyfus
_Joan Didion
_Serena Williams
_Liev Schreiber
_Alicia Silverstone
_Julianne Hough
_Kelly Ripa
_Katherine Heigl
_Amanda de Cadenet
_Jamie Oliver (WebMD)
_Jamie Oliver (Wash. Flyer)
_Tyler Perry
_Taye Diggs
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_Tony Goldwyn
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_Stephen Moyer
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_Dana Delany
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_Torchwood: Miracle Day
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The Environment
_The "Genius" Landscape Architect Who Is Redesigning Coastlines

_Researchers Who Measure Plastic Waste in Our Oceans Sound the Alarm

_Why We Must Save the Whales—to Breathe

_Meet Hillary Hauser, Citizen Advocate Behind
Heal the Ocean

_The Two Teens Who Took On Plastic Bags—and Won

_This Actor Used to Suck—and He Wants You to Stop Sucking, too, for a #Strawless Ocean

_The Wayfinding Wonder Who Sailed Around the Globe to Teach Us About Caring for Planet Earth

_Two Cousteaus Who Advance Jacques' Legacy

_This Hawaiian Chef Is Leading the Sustainable Food Movement

_Meet the Researcher Behind The Bahamas Plastic Movement

_This Singer-Songwriter Wants You to Fall in Love With the Sea

_ Paper vs. Plastic Bags? Which Do More Damage to the Planet & Our Health?

Health & Wellness
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*The Long-Term Health Effects of Toxic Stress in Childhood

* Is "Drunkorexia" Really
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* Music Therapy Soothes All Ages, Nearly All Conditions

* PTSD in Everyday People

_ Depression and Early
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_ Mental Health Myths
(pgs. 14–15)

_The Serious Health Risks
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_Sedentary Teens May Just Need More Sleep

_Do Online Therapy Sites Really Work?

_What Is Coercive Control?

_New Brain Gains in Alzheimer's Research

_Weighty Matters

_Mission to Mars: Keeping Astronauts Healthy (pg. 14)

_Toxic Office = Poor Health

_New Research Shows Fitter Kids Make Smarter Students

_Health Heroes

_Jamie Oliver's New Food Revolution

_Does Your Family's Genetic History Define Your Future Health? (pg. 22)

_Taking a Shot at Anti-Vax Beliefs

_Holiday Spoils

_7 Tips for Female Docs Who Also Want to Start a Family

_Your Pet's Health

_Emotional Rescue: Tips for Adopting a Shelter Pet

Technology
_How to Fight Narcissism in a Selfie-Obsessed World (pg. 29)

_Why We're All Digital Addicts (pg. 14)

_Managing Kids & Online Video Games

_Teens & Tech

_Can Your Kid's Cell Phone Cause Cancer?

_Cyber Safety for Kids

_Why You Should Ban Smartphones at Your Kid's Slumber Party

Modern Parenting
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* Is Your Teen Up to Date on Important Vaccines?

_Don't Fat-Shame Girls

_The Emotional Challenges Blended Families Face

_Kids: The Collateral Damage of Divorce (pg. 25)

_Kids & Self-harm "Cutting"

_How to Battle Obesity in Kids

_Toxic Kid Friendships

_Why Your Teen Needs More Sleep Than He Thinks He Does

_On the Road With Young Drivers

_#ParentingGoals: Help Your Kid Excel in Sports

_How to Talk to Your Teen

_Is Your Daughter Going Through Early Puberty?

_Guns & Playdates

_More on Guns & Playdates

_Zero Hellfire in My Home

_5 Things to Tell Your "Loser" Kid

_Judy Blume's Books Continue to Inspire Kids

Travel & Lifestyle
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_Have You Seen My Dog?

_Ruby: The Rest of the Story

_The Great Escape

_New Kids On the Block

_Three Cities for a Song

_How "Reality Bites" Accurately Predicted the Future of Gen X

_Sample Washington Flyer cover: Leonardo DiCaprio, whom I booked as EIC for first-ever "Green" Issue

Musings & More
_On the Male Response
to #MeToo

_On Louis C.K. & "Exposed" Toxic Masculinity

_Our Al Franken Problem

_After Charlottesville, What is Freedom?

_Too. Much. Information. (Or, Why Trump Won.)

_Dear Madonna: We Aren't Ageist—You Are

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_How the Band Haim Rocked My World

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_How to Love a Dog Without Losing Your Heart

_On Mothers & Daughters

_It's Your Daughter's Turn

_Better Late (A Lesson From My Long-Lost Father)

_The Death of Sexy?

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_Do You Ever Consider the Kid You Once Bullied?

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_The Women of "Mad Men" Are the Characters We'll Most Miss

_Why TV Land's "Younger" Is a #MissedOpportunity

_6 Pithy Parental Comebacks I Learned From My Mother

_The Anti-Betty Draper Letter to My Girls

_Don Draper Did Do Coke

_The Day My Daughter's Lovey Went Missing

_What Kind of Myers-Briggs School Mom Are You?

_11 Books & Films That Make Us Bawl Like Little Babies

_That Stranger Danger Video Is Short on Facts

_Loving Tips for Grieving the Family Pet

_Lockdown Drills Are the Least We Can Do to Protect Our Kids

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_In Defense of Helicopter Parents

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