Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity is something that so many parents try to ignore, or look the other way. Parents nees to realize what their child is eating on a daily basis, or how active they are. Many parents tend to blame food or laziness, and ignore the fact that their child may be overweight due to a health issue. Childhood obesity is NOT something we can ignore anymore.

Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years.

The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 20% in 2008. Similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18% over the same period.

In 2008, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese.

Overweight is defined as having excess body weight for a particular height from fat, muscle, bone, water, or a combination of these factors. Obesity is defined as having excess body fat.

Overweight and obesity are the result of “caloric imbalance”—too few calories expended for the amount of calories consumed—and are affected by various genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors

Take a look at this link and see if it's something that your child may be interested in. We are all on the same team, and we are here to fight childhood obesity.

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Make your child a doctors appointment and make sure there isn't a deeper problem that what you see. NO MORE EXCUSES !!

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Childhood Obesity Facts