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Maui Wowi Hawaiian, known for its premium Hawaiian coffee line and all-natural fruit smoothies, welcomes on-board Sarah Anderson as the marketing manager who will be overseeing retail operations and franchise marketing. Greenwood Village, Colo. (PRWEB) January 05, 2013 Maui Wowi Hawaiian, an international coffee and smoothie franchise company, which has been operating for 31 years, has recently hired Sarah Anderson for the marketing manager position as the Colorado-based company sets its...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – The quality of the relationship between a mother and her toddler could affect the potential for that child to become obese during adolescence, according to this study. Researchers analyzed national data detailing relationship characteristics between mothers and their children during their toddler years. The lower the quality of the relationship in terms of the child's emotional security and the mother's sensitivity, the higher the risk that a child would be obese at...

A new study has found that toddlers with a poor quality relationship with their mothers are more likely to be obese in their teenage years. More than a quarter of those participants in the study who had the lowest-quality emotional relationships with their mothers were obese as teens while only 13 percent of adolescents were obese who had closer relationships with their mothers. This lead the researchers to think that obesity prevention programs need to focus on more than just diet and...

The quality of the emotional relationship between a mother and her young child could affect the potential for that child to be obese during adolescence, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed national data detailing relationship characteristics between mothers and their children during their toddler years. The lower the quality of the relationship in terms of the child's emotional security and the mother's sensitivity, the higher the risk that a child would be obese at age 15 years,...

Toddlers who do not have a secure emotional relationship with their parents, and particularly their mothers, could be at increased risk for obesity by age 4 ½, according to new research.The study suggests that children at age 24 months who show insecure attachment patterns have at least 30 percent higher odds for obesity by age 4 ½.The association persisted even after researchers accounted for other family-related factors that could provide alternative explanations for the children's...

A new national study suggests that preschool-aged children are likely to have a lower risk for obesity if they regularly engage in one or more of three specific household routines: eating dinner as a family, getting adequate sleep and limiting their weekday television viewing time.In a large sample of the U.S. population, the study showed that 4-year-olds living in homes with all three routines had an almost 40 percent lower prevalence of obesity than did children living in homes that...

Twenty percent of American 4-year-olds are obese, an alarming number that has surprised researchers. Another striking statistic is that the rate is higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obese.The study found more than half a million 4-year-olds are obese, and researchers found race does play a factor. Researchers say obesity is more common in Hispanic and black youngsters, too, but the disparity is most alarming in American Indians, whose rate is almost double...