Childhood Obesity
I recently read an article regarding child obesity. It mentioned that childhood obesity rates have hit a plateau, after twenty years of rising rates. I think this is great news, but most doctors are holding back their optimism. They are not sure exactly what the stall in rates represents. I guess I am just an optimist. After watching a few episodes of “Shaq’s Big Challenge” , I was convinced that there needed something to be done about childhood obesity. I mean these kids lost so much weight, there character changed as well. They gained confidence and appeared very happy at the conclusion of the show. I also started watching “The Biggest Loser” reality show and thought it was proof, that childhood obesity has been a problem for a while in the US. I recall the last show that one of the participants had lost so much weight, he didn’t recall ever being that light. So that means he had been obese as a child. I hope Americans are now aware that childhood obesity is a major problem and hopefully this report regarding the rates of childhood obesity is a sign that all the efforts are working.
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