The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 25% of children in the US are overweight, and 11% are obese. As with the child obesity epidemic, there has also been a great rise in adult obesity. Obesity means too much body fat. While it may be a crisis in this country, it’s not, however, a problem without a solution.
Just as with adults, there are a variety of potential causes for children being overweight; most of which are preventable or reversible. Only in rare cases is being overweight cause by a medical condition such as a hormone problem. Obesity begins at home; and it doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with what children eat. It is the fault of the parents–not the child. Children are not taking themselves to the fast food restaurants, buying groceries or preparing their own meals.
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