Keeping Your Kids in Shape

Twenty years ago children were forced outside. There were no video games or cable television. Wii was something you said when sledding down a hill. Kids could be seen riding their bikes and playing baseball in the park. Many things have changed in the past few decades. Parents are busy and automatic entertainment is almost a must. The problem is that with every new electronic gadget that appears on the stage, we up the stakes of the effects these novelties have on America’s growing epidemic of childhood obesity. Statistics show that the number of overweight children ages 6-17 has doubled in the past three decades. One in five children in the United States are considered obese. Childhood obesity is firmly related to obesity in

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