With busy schedules and not enough time to eat healthy dinners, children are suffering the ramifications of unhealthy eating. Childhood obesity continues to rise each day and if something isn't done about it children will quickly find themselves with numerous health problems. … [Read more...] about A Look at Childhood Obesity
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How to Combat Childhood Obesity
There is an increasing epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States and throughout the world. Many experts have estimated that one in every five children between the ages of six and sixteen are overweight or obese. As the numbers in childhood obesity continue to rise so … [Read more...] about How to Combat Childhood Obesity
The Dangers of Childhood Obesity
Seven years ago the Surgeon General released a report in the United States outlining the crisis of obesity our country had fallen into. The objective behind this report was to try and generate ways towards taking care of this health problem. Unfortunately the statistics do not … [Read more...] about The Dangers of Childhood Obesity
Why Childhood Obesity is a Concern
Childhood obesity is a growing concern among everyone. As children continue to gain excessive weight their weight seems to be on the brink of obesity. So who cares right? After all they're just kids and will most likely grow out of it? What's a little baby fat here and there? … [Read more...] about Why Childhood Obesity is a Concern
When Your Child Needs to Lose Weight
Children who are overweight often deal with issues of poor self esteem and poor self image. Popular society tells us that we have to be thin in order to be beautiful. We treat beautiful people differently than ugly people. In children's movies and fairytales it is the fair … [Read more...] about When Your Child Needs to Lose Weight
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