According to Steven M Schwarz, MD, FAAP, FACN, AGAF, author of article, Obesity in Children.
Approximately 21-24% of American children and adolescents are overweight, and another 16-18% is obese. Childhood obesity predisposes to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, liver and renal disease, and reproductive dysfunction. This condition also increases the risk of adult-onset obesity and cardiovascular disease. Sadly that percentage slowly starts to increase the more we don't do anything about our children's diets and activities.
We say we try but do we really?
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