Preventing Childhood Obesity
Children''s health has made tremendous strides over the past century. In general, life expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of this improvement is due to the reduction of infant and earlychildhood mortality. Given this trajectory toward a healthier childhood, webegin the 21st-century with a shocking development—an epidemic of obesityin children and youth. The incr...
Children''s health has made tremendous strides over the past century. In general, life expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of this improvement is due to the reduction of infant and earlychildhood mortality. Given this trajectory toward a healthier childhood, webegin the 21st-century with a shocking development—an epidemic of obesityin children and youth. The incr...
