Childhood obesity is a huge problem everywhere. It is now the most common chronic childhood disease in america.
About 14 million children in USA are classified overweight or obese which is about 19% of the children.
This number has increased from 5% in the 1960’s to 2017-2018 data collection.
Lifestyle, environmental factors, genetic predisposition are some of the factors.
In this video I go over what is exactly defined as obesity in kids
what are the risk factors and causes ?
What can you do for your child?
It is a chronic disease and needs a multipronged approach to managing it.
My stress is on improving what you as a family can do at home. On helping you understand the lifestyle modifications that can and should be done to start with .
After all what WE ALL want is for our children to grow up into happy, HEALTHY , adults .
Let us do our part , let us do the right thing by our kids !
Drop in the comments any questions you have ? please share if you think this is useful information . I would love to hear your thoughts!

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