Fitness and Family
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over the past three decades the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for preschool children aged 2-5 years and adolescents aged 12-19 years, and it has more than tripled for children aged 6-11 years. ("Prevalance of Overweight and Obesity Among Children and Adolescents, 1999-2002"; Oct. 6, 2004) Overweight adolescents have a 70 percent chance of becoming overweight or obese adults. This increases to 80 percent if one or more parents are overweight or obese. (United States Department of Health and Human Services) Now my intentions are not to bore you with statistics but it is important to have them in order to lay the foundation. It is no surprise that obesity and being overweight has become more and more prevalent across the board over the past few decades, in particular the past decade. As a result, there are many people, particularly those in the health care field, that have been looking for the root ca