A recent study has shown there has been a massive jump in the numbers of children who are-shall we say-grown massive? The study recorded BMI of some children whom are considered severely or morbidly obese, and compared it to a study taken 25 years ago. The results? Not good.
Study: Childhood Obesity Rates Have Tripled
Devetta Blount
7/27/2009 3:25:27 PM
Winston-Salem, NC-- Rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled in the last 25 years, according to a recent study by an obesity expert at Brenner Children's Hospital.
"In addition to seeing the overall numbers of childhood obesity rise dramatically, we saw a significant jump in the number of severely obese children," said Joseph Skelton, M.D., an obesity expert at Brenner Children's Hospital and Director of the Brenner FIT (Families in Training) Program. "We saw that children who are classified as severely obese are also much sicker and are at higher risk of developing chronic illnesses, such as heart disease and diabetes. This reinforces the fact that medically-based programs to treat obesity are needed throughout the United States and insurance companies should be encouraged to cover these types of programs." More...
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