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Shocking Childhood Obesity Factors

By: Ray Andrew

It is becoming a huge issue overweight in children, in America millions of child are suffering from obesity and no one seem to be doing anything about it, we need to educate our child and give the proper guidance.

There are many causes that experts say are the reason for obesity in kids, some say that is genetics, that is an emotional problem, lack of nutrient food or lack of exercise. But what are the facts in all this, lets take a closer look.

Many people dont have ideas that in the last twenty years childhood obesity has doubled, but also in those years media has grown so much that our kids are exposed to more than 40,000 ads a year and thus media has a huge influence in them.

So, who is to blame? we cant say that parents or the media are responsible on their own, its a number of factors that have created an unhealthy lifestyle. But there is a lot that can be done to prevent it.

Now lets see some childhood obesity factors to understand a little bit better how to prevent this problem:

Dont let your child watch too much tv or play many hours of video games, they are wasting too much time doing nothing and sitting without moving eating snacks. This has to change, encourage sports with their friends, at home and in school.

Its important that you buy and cook nutritive food that your child can eat before going to school or in school.

You need to talk with your child at let him know of the dangers of junk food, encourage him to do activities like sports and dont let him stay in front of the tv for long time because they are being brainwashed with thousands of junk food ads.

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