Childhood Obesity: An American Epidemic

Admitting that there is a problem is the beginning of a solution. Set your child apart from being an obese child . There is hope for your overweight child. The Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) states that the statistics on child obesity are: Children aged 6 to 11 more than doubled in the past 20 years, going from 6.5% in 1980 to 17.0% in 2006. Children aged 6 to 11 more than doubled in the past 20 years, going from 6.5% in 1980 to 17.0% in 2006. Adolescent obesity, aged 12 to 19, has more than tripled, increasing from 5% to 17.6%. That 80% of children who were overweight at aged 10–15 years were obese adults at age 25 years. Another study found that 25% of obese adults were overweight as children. There is an imbalance

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