Obesity Epidemic in Children

Miss P. recently took her 8 year old son to see me " Doctor, this child is just getting too fat. All he does is eat junk food and drink soda " "So where does he get that sort of food from?" I enquired. "At home," she replied. "So who buys the food?" I asked. "I do," replied Miss P. "So doctor what can you going to do about his weight?" This scenario plays out frequently in my office. I do not have any statistics on our population, but what I have observed in the last 15 years of practice is that the children are getting "bigger." It is not uncommon to see an 8 year old who weighs 100 pounds or more! Think of this parents, how old were you when you reached 100 pounds? Well I reached that weight when I started University! We Are Killing Our

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