Childhood Obesity Research: A Grim Glimpse Into Our Future?
Happy meals, candy bar machines at schools, and soda pop with dinner. These are some of the reasons why childhood obesity is becoming such a problem. Childhood obesity research shows that in the past 30 years, obesity has doubled amongst preschoolers and adolescents and has tripled amongst the age 6-11 group. The nagging question is, “Where do we go from here?” Who is to blame, what is being done about it and what can we do as parents to keep this problem from getting worse?
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