The Prevalence of Childhood Obesity
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of children who fulfil the criteria necessaryfor the diagnosis of obesity . Data from the CDC in the USA(http://www.cdc.gov) demonstrate an increase in the prevalence of children aged 6–19years old who were considered to be overweight ( 95th percentile) from 4–5% in1963–1970 to 15% in 1999–2000. Using similar criteria in the majority of cases, theInternational Obesity...
