Childhood obesity is becoming an alarmingly common phenomenon in our society nowadays. The percent of obese children in our society has greatly increased in past years, and, somewhat as a result, both obese adults and diseases associated with childhood obesity have increased as well. Thus, it is more vitally important than ever that [...]

Every reputable medical source in our nation has shown drastic rises in childhood obesity in the past several decades as a result of a number of factors. It is important to know the number of obese children in our country so as to be able to track our progress toward a thinner country and [...]