As the public health threat of childhood obesity has become clear, the issue has become the focus of local, state, and national initiatives. Many of these effor

Understanding the complex factors contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic is vital not only for the improved health of the world's future generat

The prevalence of childhood obesity is so high in the United States that it may reduce the life expectancy of today's generation of children. While parents and

Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century. In general, life expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of

The remarkable increase in the prevalence of obesity among children and youth in the United States over a relatively short timespan represents one of the defini