Childhood Obesity: The Shocking Truth - By: brekal677

Childhood obesity is A New Problem. It Has Never Existed Before.

Obesity is an epidemic. Americans are dying of weight related conditions more than any other condition. The next highest cause of American deaths are cancer and then diabetes.

This is an alarming fact since it can be controlled by what we eat and by what we do with our bodies.

It is not like bubonic plague where an unknown virus or germ is sweeping across the country and causing illness and death.

But there is no more travesty than when childhood obesity, obesity in young children and child diabetes are now at their highest levels. Childhood obesity is now an official threat to the health of children.

In the age group of 6 - 19, 15 percent of them are considered clinically obese or overweight. This is according to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC). This equates to 9 million children.

In 1980, the number of children overweight and/or obese was 3 million. That is a third of the current number.

Over the past thirty years, according to the CDC, preschool children ages 2 - 5 years and teens aging twelve to nineteen years that are overweight has more than doubled.

For children between the ages six through twelve years old that are overweight has tripled.

Today, circa 2010, one in three children are overweight.

There are serious dangers to the health of these children. Studies have shown that children that are obese or overweight in their preschool years are more likely to be obese in their teens and adult lives.

Other studies have shown these same children are more likely to develop diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, asthma and sleep apnea.

What Can Be Done About It

The first thing to do about childhood obesity is to read and get educated as adults. Everything on my site applies to children.

Using calorie restriction is a wasted effort. Learning about toxicity, glandular disorders caused by toxicity, hydration, and oxygenation and the true reasons for fat storage is a far better way to understand obesity.

When I am asked how to help children lose weight or obesity in a certain child, I first ask for the eating and sleep diaries of the parents. When I do it always shows that the parents are eating foods they don’t want the kids to eat.

I have to get the parents to change their habits and health. It is the only way I have been able to change the eating habits of the children. However, when the parents change their eating and start to get healthier the children just follow suit.

Having said this, there is also good communication and explaining food to them.

Another successful approach is to allow the children to participate in the preparation of foods. They tend to be willing to eat food they have prepared.

Cutting vegetables and raw foods in shapes that are attractive is also helpful in keeping children interested in the food. Often times, the visual appeal is the greater determinant of what they eat. This is the reason why children’s packaged foods are decorated the way they are.

Lastly, my website uncovers the hidden toxins that abound in many processed foods, children’s packaged foods and also diet foods that cause obesity and insulin resistance. These are substances like MSG, high fructose corn syrup, bisphenol-a, and the various sugar substitutes. Learning how to go to a whole-foods, moisture rich, unprocessed, diet will eliminate an abundance of obesity causing substances that are hidden.

About the Author

Learn more at http://www.natural-weight-loss-myths-revealed.com/obesity-in-children.html. I am a Certified Nutritional Consultant and Holistic Health Practitioner that specializes in weight loss issues. I have uncovered the true reasons for weight gain and obesity.

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