Child Obesity Rates - Who is Responsible?

Have you taken any time recently to think about why your child may be obese? It is possible that child obesity rates may have risen to its current level because of our overwhelming TV culture and our love for fast foods. In the USA, many studies have been done on obesity rates among children, and conclusions drawn. But as it is in big politics, vested interest groups always find a way to dispute any so called “empirical evidence” discovered in these types of research. After all, the fast foods and junk food industry represents big business. But the price we are paying for the high child obesity rates in the USA and elsewhere is widely evident in overweight children whose Body Mass Indices simply hovers below the obesity level of 30

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