Childhood Obesity - The Truth About Today's Children's Health

Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic. Parents today are neglecting their children's diet and exercise needs because of busier lifestyles. It is much quicker and easier to give kids ready meals and fast food and let them eat in front of the TV, than it is to create a healthy meal from fresh ingredients and eat as a family at the table. As a result more and more children are becoming obese, some morbidly. This is a very real, serious and possibly fatal threat to today's children's health. Due to the lack of fresh fruit, vegetables and protein in today's children's diets, plus the lack of necessary exercise required, kids are growing old before their time. A study on overweight children showed that:- From the children studied, the average

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