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Staggering statistics on child obesity show that there is a
horrifying epidemic of obese children in the USA. Surgeon
General Richard H. Carmona stated ...." The crisis is
obesity. It's the fastest-growing cause of disease and death
in America. And obesity among children is completely
preventable. The bad news is that an unprecedented number of
children are carrying excess body weight."
Admitting that there is a problem is the beginning of a
solution. Set your child apart from being an obese child . There
is hope for your overweight child.
The Center for Disease Control & Prev ention (CDC) states that
the statistics on child obesity are:
1)Children aged 6 to 11 more than doubled in the past 20 years,
going from 6.5% in 1980 to 17.0% in 2006. 2)Adolescent obesity,
aged 12 to 19, has more than tripled, increasing from 5% to
17.6%. 3)That 80% of children who were overweight at aged 10-15
years were obese adults at age 25 years. 4) Another study found
that 25% of obese adults were overweight as children.
There is an imbalance between calories obtained from food and
calories expended in the basal metabolic rate (BMI) and physical
activity. BMI is a number calculated with a specific formula
using a child's weight and height. The BMI figure is then
plotted on the CDC's BMI for age growth chart. You can determine
whether your child's weight is healthy by using the CDC's Child
and Teen BMI Calculator. If a child is overweight, most likely
it results from an interaction of nutritional, psychological,
familial, health issues and sedentary lifestyle.
The magazine, Healthy People 2010, identified overweight and
obesity as 1 of 10 leading health indicators and called for a
reduction in the proportion of children and adolescents who are
overweight or obese, but the United States has made little
progress toward the target goal.
Benjamin Franklin stated back in the 1700s: ...."an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure." More than 200 years has
past and prevention is still a concept that Americans do not
grasp. You will find the needed information to act now and solve
your child's obesity problem and make sure that your child has a
healthy lifestyle and a happy long life.
You will find the needed information to act now and solve your
child's obesity problem and make sure that your child has a
healthy lifestyle and a happy long life. Remember you and your
child are not alone in this struggle. This is the key for hope,
encouragement and help. You may think you have tried everything.
Please don't wait. The clock is ticking. Now is the time to get
help before your child becomes another staggering statistic in
the USA's epidemic. Parental and child education are the keys to
open a new door. The help for your child can be found at Eliminate You Childs Obesity.
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