Child Obesity

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In the past ten years, obesity levels have doubled in the United States. More than half of adult New Yorkers are overweight or obese, and nearly half of all New York City elementary schoolchildren are not at a healthy weight. Obesity can begin very early in life. In fact, in New York City, 1 in 5 kindergarten children is obese.
Being overweight is not about looks. Many serious health problems are related to being overweight or obese, such as asthma, depression, diabetes and heart disease.
What are we going to do?

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By: Harriet
Wednesday, 4/29/2009

Children have been eating "junk" food from the begining of time. The difference now is that children no longer play outside.

When my son was small, he used to play stickball in the street. You never see that now. Also, there are budget cuts to education, so they cut gym programs. Also, you can offer classes in nutrition so that children will make healthier choices.

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