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  • Childhood Obesity
    By: Cindy Paiva | - Obesity, or over-nutrition, is the generalized accumulation of fat both beneath the skin and throughout the body. Some children are big, or stocky, because they have large skeletal frames. They are not obese. There are general guidelines for appropriate weight for a given height, but these are only general guidelines.

    For a girl who is 1.09 meters tall (43 inches), the average weight is 18kg (40lbs). Anywhere between 15-22kg (33-46lbs) would be considered healthy. Your daughter's 33 ...

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  • Adult Obesity Diet
    By: petersonbran | - Obese and overweight isn't one and the same things. People suffering from obesity have a huge amount of extra fat, not just little bit extra body fat. An obese person is easily prone to serious health hazards.

    Hazardous Obesity

    Obesity gives birth to serious diseases like type two diabetes, heart diseases and stroke; it also leads to cancer and premature death. The risk of diabetes is significantly related to obesity, the risk of morbidity, mortality and chronicle illne ...

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  • Reviewing Obesity Statistics
    By: petersonbran | - The most recent research statistics on growing obesity disclose a dangerously overweight world population. During the last 10 years, there was a dramatic increase in obesity in the world, especially in the United States, England, and Canada. Over the years, the occurrence of obesity has also steadily increased among all genders, ages, all education levels, and ethnic groups.

    Obesity is a severe health condition where a person accumulates an abnormally high proportion of body fat. Th ...

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  • What Is Child Obesity
    By: natural remedies | - Childhood obesity has become a dramatic problem in not only the United States but also in other developed countries of the world. The childhood problem stems from a condition whereas excess body fat begins to negatively affect the child's well being and health. Since the presence of childhood obesity has such a vast effect upon a child's health the problem is considered by many physicians to be of paramount importance and has been designated as a serious childhood health concern.

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  • Obese Female Child
    By: natural remedies | - Overweight and obesity are serious, chronic medical conditions associated with a range of debilitating and life threatening conditions and poses one of the greatest threats to human health and well being. The World Health Organization has declared that obesity is a disease reaching epidemic proportions globally, providing staggering figures showing more than 1 billion adults worldwide are overweight and that at least 300 million of these people are clinically obese.

    Obesity raises ...

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  • Obese Children Watching
    By: natural remedies | - Today's children make up the digital generation. They've been surrounded by computers their entire life and are not as physically active as children of past generations were. Instead of going outside and playing, they tend to hang out indoors, watching TV and playing computer and video games. the amount of time spent in sedentary activities is a strong predictor of weight gain. According to the recent studies, decreasing the amount of activity by less than four minutes each day can result in a p ...
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  • Fight Obesity
    By: natural remedies | - Obesity is a growing problem in the U.S. and around the world. Obesity causes many health problems, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and several kinds of cancer. It is thought that the Mediterranean-style diet (a diet that includes fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, seeds, fish, olive oil, and other foods) may help people maintain a healthy weight and avoid health problems related to obesity.

    The numbers of people suffering from obesity is growing and gro ...

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  • Health Risk Of Obese Children
    By: natural remedies | - Obesity is not just a cosmetic consideration; it is a dire health dilemma directly harmful to one's health. In the United States, roughly 300,000 deaths per year are directly related to obesity, and more than 80% of these deaths are in patients with a BMI (body mass index, which will be discussed later in this article) over 30. Obesity also increases the risk of developing a number of chronic diseases. In the United States, women are slightly more at risk for becoming obese than men. Race and et ...
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  • Child And Adult Obesity
    By: natural remedies | - Obesity has unfortunately become a global pandemic affecting the existence of millions of people, according to the World Health Organization. It is an accelerating social problem in many countries of the world, especially those more affluent.

    Here are the fitness and nutrition facts regarding childhood obesity:

    Childhood obesity affects children in the same ways that obesity affects adults. Children who are overweight are more likely to develop diabetes, hig ...

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  • Health Obesity
    By: natural remedies | - Childhood obesity and obesity in general is the gripping the world in its suffocating and rather embarrassing grip. If your child is obese or overweight, don't be ashamed as every 6 in 10 people in the developed world are. And what's more than likely is that this figure is more than likely to rise, as longer jobs, longer internet surfing, higher daytime tv viewing figures and more fast food food products will contribute to this ever growing problem in our society.

    Obesity is not j ...

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  • Diet For Obese Children
    By: natural remedies | - Obesity has been receiving a lot of media attention recently with statistics showing that the problem is increasing at an alarming rate. Historically obesity has been exclusively seen as a problem of adults, becoming more prevalent with advancing age, however with childrens lifestyles becoming less and less active due to a number of factors, obesity in children is also on the rise. There have always been fat children but they were always an exception to the norm.

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  • The Number One Reason Mothers Must Lose Weight!
    By: Joanna Dolgoff | - An overweight woman is putting her child's health at risk! This simple fact should help motivate women to lose weight.

    Women in America are more overweight than ever. But even more disturbing, their children are too. In fact, according to the CDC, this generation of children will be the first to die younger than its parents. It is not just mom's health at risk. Women are usually shocked to learn that a child with two normal-weight parents has a 7% risk of being overweight. I ...

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  • The Worldwide Pandemic Of Overweight Children Must Be Addressed Straight Away
    By: Jake Le Fleur | - For the last year or two the child obesity epidemic is more and more prominent on the news. Obesity in a child can aggravate the risk for more child health issues like diabetes, dyslipidemia, heart health issues, lack of sufficient bone density, sleep problems, psychological symptoms and gastro-intestinal problems. These abnormalities will in all likelyhood continue into puberty and adulthood. Research has unfortunately shown that obese children has a much higher risk than other people to turn i ...
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  • How To Prevent Your Infant From Becoming An Obese Toddler
    By: Joanna Dolgoff | - In many cultures, including our own, a chunky baby is considered a healthy baby. Even I, a child obesity expert, was proud of my infants' fat rolls, taking them as a sign that my body was providing all the milk my baby needed to grow strong. As a general pediatrician, I have seen many nervous parents worried that their newborns were too thin. I almost never saw parents who were worried that their baby was too chubby.

    Yet now, researchers are warning that babies who gain weight ...

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  • Why You Must Not Allow Your Child To Skip Breakfast!
    By: Joanna Dolgoff | - What is the worst diet mistake that many dieters make? Skipping breakfast!

    Eating breakfast refuels your body and replenishes your blood sugar levels. If you want your car to go, you have to put gas in it. Breakfast is the gas that gives children the energy they need to last all day long. Breakfasts that combine protein, calcium, and fiber rev the metabolism, which, for most kids, has been dormant for ten hours or more after a night of slumber. Kids who eat breakfast daily not ...

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  • Great Childhood Obesity Prevention
    By: Charlie Reese | - According to a recent news report, 34% of people in the U.S. are overweight, with an additional 33% considered obese! This means that just a third of us are of 'normal' weight. These statistics include people of all ages, including kids. No wonder everyone seems to be on a perpetual diet, with dozens of best selling books on weight loss programs and entire corporations dedicated to weight loss products and programs. It's clear that parents, for the sake of their kid's health, need to formulate a ...
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  • All About Teen Obesity.
    By: Miller Thompson | - Teen Obesity is seen in children and teens between the ages of 6 to 19 years old. It is rising to epidemic proportions in America. A large number of teens are therefore at a high risk to develop high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease. This is the result of teen obesity.
    The teenagers who face obesity problems may also have to face social discrimination that can be quite devastating. Being overweight reduces their self-esteem and self-confidence and keeps them away from ...

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  • Steps To Prevent Obesity
    By: Miller Thompson | - Obesity is one of the major problems faced by people of all the ages throughout the world. It is the leading cause of most of the serious diseases and illness. Nowadays the move towards a busy lifestyle contributes to some extent to the cause of this problem. The increasing attraction towards junk foods and fast foods is rising day by day. People generally eat to fill their stomach, and are rarely aware whether the food they are consuming is nutritional or not.
    Your food should be a com ...

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  • Obesity In Teens
    By: Martin McCartney | - As we all know obesity aside from leading a person to sever health problems tends to affect the self esteem of young teenagers. In most cases, peers bully and tease these children who may be overweight when compared to the other children. This alone has a tendency to affect the way the child views themselves as well as having a profound influence upon their social life. Teenage obesity has continued to increase at a steady rate within the past 20 years and it is estimated that 12.5 million teens ...
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  • Obesity In America.
    By: Martin McCartney | - Unlike in most developing countries obesity does not present a problem because food is reality scarce and the choices are few. However in America it is just the opposite situation where there is an abundance of food and the usual sources are unfortunately fast food selections. With fast food Americans have a tendency to overeat which represents the root cause of obesity. Obesity is not just a weight issue but more as to what you actually eat. Unfortunately many people are not fully aware of what ...
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  • Obesity: A Link To Diabetes.
    By: Martin McCartney | - Health experts clearly recognize that many of the diseases today are caused by obesity and these diseases are usually of a life threatening nature. One of these dreaded diseases which often plaques the obese individual is diabetes. It is very alarming that the young American population today is rapidly becoming heavier and more overweight each day. The results of a situation such as this are shocking and can result in many young people dying ahead of their parents. Additional studies indicate th ...
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  • "childhood Obesity"
    By: Martin McCartney | - Childhood obesity has become a dramatic problem in not only the United States but also in other developed countries of the world. The childhood problem stems from a condition whereas excess body fat begins to negatively affect the child's wellbeing and health. Since the presence of childhood obesity has such a vast effect upon a child's health the problem is considered by many physicians to be of paramount importance and has been designated as a serious childhood health concern.
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  • Fast Food And It's Link To Obesity
    By: Martin McCartney | - Oftentimes fitness enthusiasts and health gurus will lecture the public upon counting calories and watching how many of these calories are consumed on a daily basis. With the advanced technology that we have today calorie counting is made much easier then in previous years. There are many plans which encourage people to exercise on a regular schedule in order to prevent obesity however even with all these preparations in the making people are generally becoming more and more overweight then eve ...
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  • How To Feed Your Child To Avoid Child Obesity?
    By: Nick Mutt | - Sometime taking extra care of your childs diet gives them more calories than they normally require. This can lead to child obesity which is very hazardous for your childs health. In this article, you will learn how to properly feed you child to avoid them to become obese or overweight.

    If you are offering beverages like fruit juice or soft drinks to quench your childs thirst you could be increasing your childs risk of overweight or obesity. Beverage ...

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  • What Parents Can Do To Fight Child Obesity?
    By: Nick Mutt | - Child obesity is one of the alarming situations in most of the countries in the world. Obesity among children can lead to several health problems. So it is always advisable for parents to take action against child obesity before its too late. You must carefully monitor what your children eat. The aim should be right food, right quantities; junk food to be restricted or chucked out completely.

    Fitness trainers say that the number of obese and overweight children coming in f ...

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  • What Are The Risks Of Child Obesity?
    By: Nick Mutt | - Sedentary lifestyles and poor eating habits have lead to several health problems among children. They now battle a host of diseases usually found in adults. More and more kids suffer from obesity and most have no idea how to stay healthy. Neither do their parents if one goes by case studies. Parents start worrying only when children turn 15 or 16. Many believe that hormonal imbalances are the main reasons why kids are flabby but that is a very minute percentage, say pediatricians.

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  • What Are The Major Causes Of Child Obesity?
    By: Nick Mutt | - Sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits are the most prominent factor causing child obesity. Low physical activity makes child more capable of storing fat. Due to lack of physical activity they burn fewer calories than what they consume. So to accelerate calorie burn, they need to take active part in outdoor games and sports. Diet is another factor that must be taken into consideration. Low fat, low sugar diets have proved to be safer and healthier food for growing children.

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  • Eating Disorders Are The Reverse Side Of The Child Obesity Campaign
    By: Irina Webster | - In 2006 the Australian Government launched a $6 million campaign to reduce Child obesity and the Australian Medical Association (AMA) welcomed the focus on kids' health.

    The idea was to focus on junk food and get parents to stop the child from eating fast foods, sweets and other unhealthy foods. TV, radio and newspapers were running government sponsored ads to point out the dangers of these kinds of foods, with the idea to get kids eating more healthy foods.

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  • Child Obesity And Weight Loss Tips
    By: Nick Mutt | - Child obesity is very alarming in most of the developed countries. But slowly it is also becoming a part of the entire world. To prevent child obesity a change in lifestyle is required. Here in this article you will find some useful weight loss tips to combat child obesity.

    Most of the parents know that children who eat breakfast do better academically and have fewer behavior struggles in school. But children however think and feel that skipping breakfast will help them lose weigh ...

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  • How To Prevent Obesity In Children.
    By: Jack Greens | - Childhood obesity is not an easy thing to over come in today's society. As more and more fast food joints pop up in neighborhoods and advertisements of junk food keep aiming at children. It is not an easy task to sway your child to eating healthy and properly. It seems frustrating knowing there are so much unhealthy choices of consumption for your child. So what is a parent to do in this day and age? It starts at home. Being aware of what your child eats and consumes is a huge step. By seeing an ...
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  • Child Obesity In America
    By: David "Boh" Bohmiller, BS, NSCA-CSCS | - The epidemic of child obesity in America seems to have never been more prevalent than it is today. Even with all of the media attention on the increase in weight and the decline of activity of children all across our country, not enough seems to be happening to make the differences that the next generation needs to see. What is even more frightening is that we don't need the television or obesity statistics to know that the problem isn't going away; we can see it in our neighborhoods and sometim ...
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  • How To Prevent Child Obesity?
    By: Nick Mutt | - Though obesity does not directly cause death but its the diseases caused by obesity like high blood pressure, cancer or diabetes that plays a crucial role in premature passing away of the obese people. The prevention of obesity is extremely important if we take into account the hazards and disadvantages associated with it. Here we will discuss some easy ways to prevent child obesity.

    - The proper education of pregnant women is very important as generally they develop health aw ...

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  • What Causes Child Obesity?
    By: Nick Mutt | - Many parents make their children obese unknowingly by taking extra care of their babies. They overfed their babies and do not allow them to participate in sports and other physical activities. They fear that their child will be hurt if he indulges in any such activity. Below are some common reasons that are mainly responsible for child obesity.

    1.Many times, children are prone to treat food not only as a means to satisfy hunger, but also as a means of entertainment or enjoyment. ...

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  • Child Obesity And Preventive Measures
    By: Nick Mutt | - It is extremely difficult to remove obesity from the body once it gets established. And therefore, it is advisable to take proper care of all those children who are becoming obese from their very childhood. Mothers of such children should keep complete information regarding balanced diet and should take care to ensure that their children develop the right habits of eating and living.

    Here, in this article we will discuss upon the root factor of fat deposit in the body and how we ...

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  • Obesity In Our Children Has Now Reached The Very Young
    By: Don Saunders | - Obesity is now at epidemic levels in the US and, perhaps not surprisingly, is now commonly being seen in teenagers. It would seem however that this epidemic has now spread outside of the adult and adolescent population and we are starting to see obesity at young ages that many people are finding it difficult to believe.

    Although it is hard to believe, a recent study that looked at just under two thousand children reported a disturbingly large number of both overweight and obese ch ...

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  • Finally Something Is Being Done To Tackle Obesity In Schools
    By: Don Saunders | - The rate or obesity in our children is increasing quickly and the blame, to a certain extent, is being laid at the door of our schools. It is no surprise therefore that we are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of articles talking about child obesity and cafeteria foods.

    During the past 20 years the incidence of overweight among 6 to 11 year olds has increased from 7% to almost 18.8% while the incidence among teenagers has risen from 5% to 17.1%. and, until recently, there h ...

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  • Is Gastric Bypass Surgery The Right Solution For Obese Children?
    By: Don Saunders | - While the number of gastric bypass surgeries being performed each year is going up as obesity rates continue to rise in most western countries, a lot of people still believe that surgery is not the right solution for obesity in teens. Nonetheless, this could be changing and, although numbers are still relatively small, teenage gastric bypass surgeries increased by 300% between 2000 and 2003.

    There are presently two considerations for most surgeons when it comes to surgery as an an ...

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  • Why Are We Seeing So Many Obese Children?
    By: Don Saunders | - Obesity rates, which have already reached epidemic proportions in many western countries, are continuing to rise and so it is not surprising that we are seeing an increasing number of overweight children. The dangers of childhood obesity today are all too clear, but what leads to child obesity?

    As with many conditions there is no one cause of child obesity and several different factors, usually working together, come into the equation when we are looking at obesity in children.
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  • 4 Quick And Simple Meal Planning Tips For Families Battling Child Obesity
    By: Don Saunders | - If you are one of the many families trying to tackle to problem of child obesity today then here are four tips to help you when it comes to meal planning:

    Tip 1 - Buy the right ingredients. The starting point for any meal planning is to ensure that you are working with the right ingredients and here we would suggest that you should look at meals consisting of about 50% vegetables and fruit, 25% proteins and grains and at least one serving of milk or low-fat yogurt per day.
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  • Is It My Fault That My Child Is Obese?
    By: Don Saunders | - Whether or not it is your fault that your child is obese is a very difficult question to answer although, in most cases, it is probably true to say that you are at least in part to blame. What is true however is that it is certainly your responsibility as a parent to lead to fight to solve the problem. But where do your start?

    Most children will follow the lead of their parents and so your starting point must be to make sure that you are following a healthy diet. If you are not ea ...

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  • 3 Reasons For Skyrocketing Child Obesity
    By: Don Saunders | - A few short years ago child obesity was a rare thing but today it is all too common around the world and especially in the United States, which now has one of the highest rates of child obesity of any country in the world. There are of many reasons for this problem, but here are the three main causes:

    1. A lack of exercise. When I think back to my own childhood it was common for kids to spend most of their free time out of the house running around all over the neighborhood with th ...

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  • The Childhood Obesity Equation Is As Simple As A Equals B
    By: Don Saunders | - When it comes to weight the human body is not a difficult machine to understand. In order to function it requires energy which it gets from the food we eat which is broken down into sugars to fuel the various complex mechanisms of the body and waste products which we simply expel.

    As long as the balance between the amount of food we take in for conversion into energy and the energy we expend going about our normal day to day business remains in balance our weight remains steady. H ...

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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.

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  • Help Stop The Effects Of Childhood Obesity
    By: Candace Right | - Childhood obesity isn't healthy, and we all know it. It's an epidemic, and you need only look around to see how dangerous it is becoming. Children are the future, and it's no wonder that so many people are terrified for them. You don't have the power to solve this problem yourself. But if you have a child, stop a moment to consider his or her future.

    Clearly, the effects of childhood obesity are fatal. In fact, there are links to many different diseases from being an obese child. He ...

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  • Shocking Childhood Obesity Statistics
    By: Jessica P | - Childhood obesity can be difficult to deal with. But you can't avoid it: You need to take care of it now. Childhood obesity statistics are very frightening. There is a whole array of troubles and diseases that will follow a child into adulthood, all because of childhood obesity.

    The future of the children is painful to imagine, because this problem is widespread in many countries. The number of obese children has tripled since the 80s. 18 percent of children today are obese.
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  • A Growing Problem - Childhood Obesity
    By: Molten Marketing.. | - As most everyone knows, childhood obesity is on the rise in America. It is estimated that tens of millions of children are either overweight or obese. What is the cause of this so-called epidemic? And how can parents and the medical world take control to lower the incidence of childhood obesity?

    It is no secret that exercise that burns off the consumed calories is what keeps weight stable. Consume too many calories, and weight increases; too few, weigh decreases. This is the ...

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  • Diet, Exercise, Obesity, And Diabetes
    By: Milos Pesic | - Obesity has been a world wide problem, even as a silent epidemic in developed countries. Diabetes on the other hand has been one of the most difficult to treat human diseases. Put the two together and you have an endemic that would test the limits of science in saving lives the peril of obesity and diabetes.

    Although not all diabetes are a result of obesity (and not all diabetics are/become obese), more and more studies have been developed to prove the increase in the percentage ...

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  • Child Obesity
    By: Michael Colucci | - Child Obesity is a medical disorder that is found in young children. Children who suffer from this disorder will typically have a weight that is out of proportion with their age and height. Many countries consider this condition to be an epidemic, and it is common in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Statistics show that one out of every three children living in the US is considered to be overweight. There are a number of elements that are responsible for the rise of child obesity i ...
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