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Mark Moulton helps student Hunter Simmons read at Horace Mann Elementary School in Ogden recently. Moulton, the father of a child at the school, is one of several fathers who volunteer at the school as part of the Watch D.O.G.S. program. School officials like the program because it gives children a positive male role model, and it is improving students' behavior and grades. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Men real cool D.O.G.S. at Ogden school

Last updated Monday, March 12, 2012 - 9:39pm

OGDEN — Walking the beat in the halls of Horace Mann Elementary School is a new breed of Watch D.O.G.S., keeping the peace.

That breed would be human. About 40 men have joined the school’s new program as D.O.G.S., which stands for Dads of Great Students.

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Kids have higher obesity risk if dad is fat

Jeannine Stein Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, January 20, 2012 - 3:58pm

Kids might be at higher risk for obesity if Dad is overweight, a study suggests.

Other studies have shown an association between two overweight parents and higher weight in their children, and weight relationships between fathers and sons and mothers and daughters. Researchers in this study, published in the January issue of the International Journal of Obesity, measured the height and weight of children from 3,285 two-parent families in Australia in 2004, when the children were ages 4 and 5, and again in 2008 when they were ages 8 and 9.

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