Rise in Obesity in Children
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The rise in obesity and related disorders in children between the ages of 12-19 years-of-age has increased twofold since 1974 and threefold in children between the ages of six-11 years-of-age (Layden, 2004). Overall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 15% of all children in the six-19 age-range suffer from obesity as of 2000, (Layden, 2004). Due to a more sedentary lifestyle, increasing popularity of fast food, and other social phenomena, experts predict that ôObesity is soon going to overwhelm all other health issues in this country,ö (Layden, 2004, p. 83). Despite this tren
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