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Child Obesity Brad Benzing
04/06/05
Today in America there is a lot of obesity in kids. The obesity rates increase every year. Eating to much and not exercising enough is the reason that kids gain so much weight. It is estimated that 10% or 155 million children are obese and at least 30% are overweight. This child obesity is causing diabetes to the children. If that child gets diabetes before the age of 14 he/she is shorting there lifespan by 17 to 27 years. Some of the other reasons people believe that children are so obese is because of the physical educations classes in the United States. There is only one state and that is Illinois that requires a class of physical education every day for kindergarten through 12th grade.

Children are no longer walking or riding there bikes to school they are driving themselves or getting rides from the bus/parents. They spend anywhere from 25 to 35 hours watching T.V, playing......

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