Child Obesity

Do you know a typical American only consumes 1-1/2 servings of vegetables and no fruit on an average day?
Are you surprised that America is the fattest nation on the planet?

Interesting Facts:

Americans spend 90% of their money on processed foods

The % of overweight children has more than doubled since 1980

The % of overweight adolescents has more than tripled since 1980

Overweight young people are more likely to become overweight or obese adults

Treatment is an unnecessary option when you could prevent child obesity. Prevention focuses basically on parent education. In infancy, parent education ought to center on breastfeeding, recognition of signals of satiety, and delayed introduction of solid foods.

Obese infants do not always become obese children, and obese children do not always become obese adults. However, the occurrence of obesity increases with age among both males and females (Lohman, 1987), and there is a greater.

Children who are overweight have some common habits. They have been practicing bad health habits for a number of years.

The consumption of sweetened drinks which includes sodas, juice and other beverages such as Kool-Aid and sports drinks, has been on the rise in the past decades. At the same time, the prevalence of obesity in children also has risen.