Obesity in America
Child Obesity Statistics – A Scary Thought!
I was raised in a household that support and enforced very healthy, nutritious eating habits, and a very active, energetic lifestyle. Frankly, my family was always very fit and alive in terms of personal healthy and wellness. So as I grew up, and I began to notice more and more of the world around me, I see how poorly people treat their own health, and it scares me, as many of these people are adults, and their lack of care for nutrition is passed on to their children.
We have a child obesity epidemic in the United States, and some other places around the world. As a culture, we have completely ruined the dietary habits of those people younger than us. All you have to do is go into public and you’ll find child after child that is either flat out obese, or chubby in proportion.
Child obesity statistics, which are gathered by various agencies in the U.S., are very clearly showing the extraordinary decline in health and wellness among children, and a dramatic increase in all kinds of horrible and dangerous diseases, illness, sickness, and on and on.
In fact, according to the child obesity statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics, obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years for children. Not only this, but one very striking fact is that 19.6% of adolescents are obese! Isn’t that fascinating! Lastly, if it wasn’t enough to have all these “fat” kids, the prevalence of obesity is now up over 18% for children in general. That is how poor the nutrition is for the youth of our world.
Like I said, we have a very dangerous problem to deal with. And if we don’t help these young people learn to make the right choices, we won’t have any young people healthy enough to assist us maintaining society! I’ve always been a strong advocate of good living, and personal wellness, and I know how I’m raising my children.
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