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Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity has become an epidemic over the past ten years in the United States. It is also becoming a national problem. Children all over America are not getting in enough physical activity and aren't eating healthy for a number of reasons. There are roughly 22 million under the age of 5 years who are overweight around the world. There are many ways to prevent and or help children with obesity and also many reasons for child obesity which will be explained throughout the essay.
In the last two to three decades the amount of overweight children and adolescents has doubled in the U.S. These rates are also being seen worldwide in developing countries that are being westernized with our behavioral and dietary lifestyles. The increase in obesity has been seen in the U.S. and internationally from preschool children to adolescents. The National Health and Nutrition Surveys databases show that nearly 8 percent of children ages 4-5 years old in the U.S. are......

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