[WATCH]: Childhood Obesity Lack Exercise

www.balancedhealthtoday.com http According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, 13 percent of children between the ages of 6 and 11 were overweight in 1999. That same year, 14 percent of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 were overweight. Many of these children were not only overweight, but actually obese. Obesity is a growing epidemic, and unfortunately children are not immune. In order to avoid the negative physical and emotional consequences that obesity can cause, parents, teachers, and other caregivers must learn how to prevent and treat childhood obesity. The Medical Problems of Obesity Obesity can result in a plethora of health problems, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and type

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