In the past 30 years, the number of obese kids increased by almost 20%. These rates are alarming fast. Some are the reasons why children are gaining unhealthy weight are because of eating portions, genetics, lack of exercise/ daily activity, medication, and environment (Xu and Xue, 2015).

Symptoms of childhood obesity:

Breathing disorder: sleep apnea

Lack of physical activity

High blood pressure

Depression/ low self-esteem

High cholesterol

Text Source: XU, S., & XUE, Y. (2015). Pediatric obesity: Causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 11(1), 15–20. http://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2015.2853

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What is obesity?

Obesity is when the children's weight is considerably high for their height. Weight is determined using body mass index (BMI) percentile.