Obesity in Children- A True epidemic

In the past fifty years, children’s gene have not changed, but obesity has become a true epidemic. All over the united states, more children are seriously overweight than ever before . At the same time, more children are developing the form of diabetes that normally affects only obese adults. Fat babies often become lean children and grow up to be lean adults. But by school age-six or seven- a child who is very overweight is likely to grow into a obese adult, with all the risks that obesity brings, including high blood pressure, heart attacks, and cancer. Among the many causes of fatness are cutbacks in school physical education programs, neighborhoods that don’t provide safe play areas and recreation programs, and increased

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