Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Childhood Obesity Epidemic




8,000 children under the age of five who are obese. To me these are shocking results and knowing that there are kids under the age of five who are obese. These kids barely even know how to read, let alone what is healthy and what isn't. What do the parents of these young children do about this? I am sure not all of the parents are responsible, because there are sometime it is just the child growing.

  • If you were a parent anf you knew your child was classified under obesity, what would you do?
  • How would you handle the situation?
  • How could you get involved to prevent these problems happening in the United States?


4 comments:

  1. I personally thi9nk child obesity falls under the parents. For a child growing up, they are given foods to eat and not really able to cook for themselves. It should be up to the parents to give them healthy choices until they are old enough to make that decision on their own.

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  2. I think the child falls obese under the parents. When a child grows up, they need to know what's healthy and what isn't. And it's up to the parents to teach them that.

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  3. I agree that child obesity falls a great deal on the parents as well. Most kid's don't know any better, it is the parents job to make sure the child is eating healthy.

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  4. Its crazy how so many kids are obsese and there only five years old!!

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