Childhood Obesity Crisis Requires Education Reform
Introduction In a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity prevalence during the year of 2019 was high, and “affected about 13.7 million children and adolescents” across the United States. The CDC defines obesity as an individual having a body mass index in the 95th percentile of their age group and […]
Congress Must Take on Childhood Obesity Now
What is Childhood Obesity? According to the CDC, or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity is defined as having excess body fat, with children who are classified as obese usually having a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95% percentile for other children of the same age and the same sex. This […]