Following your physicians advice and educating yourself by reading up about childhood obesity We have all heard about the weight problem in America.  Between 16 and 33 percent of children and adolescents are obese.  Overweight kids are a lot more likely to become overweight adults unless they adopt and maintain healthier patterns of eating and exercise.  Obesity normally begins in childhood between the ages of 5 and 6, and in the course of adolescence. Studies have shown that a child who is obese between the ages of 10 and 13 has an 80 percent chance of becoming an obese adult.    In some instances certain medical disorders can cause obesity, but much less than 1 percent of all obesity is caused by physical troubles.  Here are 3 (3) Approaches Childhood Obesity … Read entire article »

The rates of childhood obesity in Canada has tripled in the last 25-30 years. Data reports from other developing countries is really comparable. Childhood obesity is becoming a worldwide epidemic. There can be no question that the two most significant aspects in the childhood obesity epidemic are diet and exercise. The abundance of nutritionally deficient foods and a sedentary way of life are making a generation poised to become adults with significant morbidity. For the 1st time ever professionals are calling the present generation of children an energy positive generation meaning that they have much more calories going in than becoming expended via physical physical exercise and the excess energy is stored in the body as fat. … Read entire article »