Articles of category "fat children"

In some of the cartoons you may have watched when you were little there was always a couple of funny fat kids. Perhaps they were teased by their friends, or maybe they were portraying the role of the proverbial gluttons who held a humongous ice cream cone in one fist while holding on to a sucker in the other. Either way, these kids were not considered part of the in-crowd, but more entertainment by them.

Epidemic is not too strong a word! The United States Health and Human Services Department reports that just less than 61% of adults and 13 percent of children and adolescents in America are overweight. Even more distressing, the number of adults, teenagers and children overweight is on the rise. The Centers for Disease Control cites behavioral issues as one of the primary precipitating causes of obesity in children and adults.