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Childhood obesity facts for kids

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Overweight teenage male
An overweight teenage boy.
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Captions in French, but the point is clear: English-speaking countries are where obesity is worst.

Childhood obesity consists of excess body fat that adversely affects children's health and well being. Obesity for children is especially dangerous because many overweight children will become overweight adults. Health problems related to overweight kids include but are not limited to Type 2 diabetes in adolescence and young adulthood, heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure, diseases which until recently were not common in children and teenagers.

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  • First Lady Michelle Obama has lunch with students

    Former First Lady Michelle Obama with students in Virginia sampling healthy meals being introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture

  • Gastineau Elementary Bike to School Day (17392864802)

    Gastineau Elementary Bike to School Day

  • Restaurace U Lišků, u vstupu do ZOO Praha, U Trojského zámku 9, Praha - Troja 01

    Walking bus. 35/9 Troja. At the entrance to the Prague Zoo.

  • Figures1

    Rates of overweight among children 2 to 19 years in the USA.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Obesidad infantil para niños

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