Check out this cool article we found on Seattle PI blog:
It highlights some of the stats effectong children. This week in Texas is Obesity Awareness Week. What are you doing to address the issue? Let us know on our Twitter. www.twitter.com/houstondines.
Link to the complete article: http://blog.seattlepi.com/timigustafsonrd/2011/09/11/president-proclaims-september-as-childhood-obesity-awareness-month/
President Obama has marked September 2011 as the first “National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month,” calling on all Americans to “promote healthy eating and greater physical activity by all our nation’s children.”“By taking action to address the issue of childhood obesity,” the president went on, “we can help America’s next generation reach their full potential.”As an example for the kind of action the president had in mind, he named his wife’s initiative, called “Let’s Move!” – a program that encourages government agencies, corporations and advocacy groups to unite in the fight against the growing obesity crisis that afflicts America’s youngest generation today.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), childhood obesity has more than tripled over the past 30 years. One if five children age six to 11 is now being considered obese. The numbers are similar for adolescents age 12 to 19. And the trend continues. “Childhood obesity statistics and facts are more and more pessimistic and should be an alarm sign for all those who don’t take it seriously,” warns the latest CDC report on obesity trends in America of 2010.
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