Health Alert: Few kids use recommended safety restraints in cars
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Few kids use recommended safety restraints in cars  Posted:
Updated:  (CBS) - New research shows many kids are still not
using age appropriate safety restraints in cars -- and many are
still placed at risk riding in the front seat. Children are
supposed to stay in the back seat facing backwards until age
two. And they're not supposed to move to the front seat until
age 13. But the new findings from the University of Michigan
show that kids rarely sit facing backwards after age one and are
often in the front seat after seven years old.   (CBS) - Obese
people who have weight loss surgery-- like gastric bypass or
gastric band surgery are not at greater risk for broken bones in
the first few years after their procedures. Studies have shown
that weight loss can lead to a reduction in bone density. But
University of South Hampton researchers found that the overall
risk of fracture was not