Child Obesity Rate Shows Worrisome Trend
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


Defined Tag: Child Obesity Rate.

In the United States the child obesity rate has become an issue that is very worrisome to parents, children, and medical care givers across the country. Studies have shown a startling and worrisome climb in obesity rates for children over the last thirty years. The number of obese children two to five years old and twelve to nineteen has doubled during that time period while the rate for those aged six to twelve has tripled. That means that there are over nine million children juts in America who are currently classified as obese. The term obese is classified as when the body mass index is equal to the ninety fifth percentile or higher.

The scary thing is that the obesity rate in children is rising globally and researchers are very concerned with the potential outcome. The studies have shown that by the year 2010 it is expected that close to fifty percent of all children in North and South America will be obese. In the European Union the expectation is that thirty eight percent of children will be in the same condition. Even in some of the countries where one would not expect to see these high rates, like the Middle East, Mexico, Brazil, and parts of Asia the number of overweight children is growing steadily as they approach the same rates as industrialized countries. By 2010 twenty percent of Chinese children will be considered overweight.

The question is why and what will this mean to our children. The feeling is that our children are eating too much unhealthy food, junk foods and fast food being the biggest culprits, and not getting enough exercise to burn off the calories. The situation is so bad that the medical community believes that this upcoming generation of children may be the first in years to have a lower life expectancy rate than their parents. They have a higher change of suffering from heart disease, stroke and other medical conditions related to their weight that can begin in their youth and follow them into adulthood. The medical community is saying that now is the time to deal with the child obesity rate growth before it is too late for our children.

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