People often joke around their child just has a little baby fat, but in the end, childhood obesity is no laughing matter. About 15.5 percent of adolescents (ages 12 to 19) and 15.3 percent of children (ages 6 to 11) are obese. Moreover, in just two decades, childhood obesity numbers doubled for U.S. children ages 6 to 11 and tripled for American teenagers. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicated that nearly one-third of U.S. children are overweight or at risk of childhood obesity.
In total, 25 million U.S. children and adolescents are overweight or nearly overweight. This is particularly alarming since childhood obesity can evolve into medical problems, like diabetes,
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