| We are now well into the 21st century, and yet | | | | eating like this above their daily caloric intake limit, |
| our children are becoming increasingly unhealthy | | | | children can gain considerable amounts of weight. |
| and more and more obese. What are the | | | | - A Sedentary lifestyle - Most children never even |
| contributing factors of childhood and adolescent | | | | go out and play anymore. They sit at home and |
| obesity in our societies? Here are the top two | | | | have the luxury of a sedentary lifestyle, by |
| surprising factors. They may shock you! | | | | watching TV and playing video games. A little bit |
| There are so many obese children in the U.S., that | | | | of TV and videogames here and there is okay, |
| the obesity problem in our country has now been | | | | but when children are hooked to the TV or |
| labeled as an epidemic! We as humans are | | | | computer screen several hours every day, this |
| becoming more and more knowledgeable, making | | | | can be very damaging not only to their exercise |
| it easier to enjoy the luxuries our ingenuity has to | | | | activity, but to their eye functions as well. |
| offer, and yet the two largest contributing factors | | | | These are just two of the surprising contributing |
| have to do with just that - Luxury: | | | | factors of childhood and adolescent obesity. A |
| - Unhealthy foods - On average, thirty percent of | | | | sedentary lifestyle coupled with unhealthy fast |
| children in the US eat fast food every day. | | | | food and lack of exercise can cause children to |
| Children who eat fast food, on average, consume | | | | gain large amounts of weight in a relatively short |
| 150-300 calories more than children who eat | | | | period of time. |
| healthy family meals. After a period of time of | | | | |