Is My Child Overweight?

Many reasons exist why it is important to evaluate if your child or teenager is overweight or even clinically obese. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of children who are far beyond their healthy weight range in this country and the health consequences are becoming more and more chronic and emotionally damaging. The consequences include diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, sleep apnea, and the list goes on and on. Because of this, as parents we have the ultimate responsibility for taking the initiative in solving the problem if our children our overweight. So before you send your child to a weight loss boot camp, follow these instructions to evaluate if your child is overweight. When a child is classified as

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