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There is also evidence that obesity may be more widespread among Americans in areas where driving is a must due to urban sprawl, or in very rural parts of America. Older adults living in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods also have an increased risk of obesity, possibly due to fear caused by living in areas characterized by crime, disorder and neglect...
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Among the leading causes of obesity are lack of physical activity, and of course, poor eating habits. While a predisposition to obesity can be inherited, the fact that obesity has increased so much in the last few decades appears to discount genetics as a major main cause...
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Obesity In School Aged Children The first step to teach healthy eating habits in schools would be to ban high fat and high sugar foods. Schools should be providing their students with nutritious foods instead of unwholesome and damaging foods...	2 / 560
Obesity In Children Obesity in Children Obesity means an excess amount of body fat. Although rare in the past, obesity is now among the most widespread medical problems affecting children and adolescents living in the United States and other countries...	6 / 1454
Obesity and overweight among American adolescents and children How could it happen that according to the National Centre for Health Statistics 15% of youngsters ages 6 to 19 and 10 % of children 2 through 5 were considered seriously overweight in 2000, while in 1980 it was only 6%?1 Imbalance between food consumption and energy expenditure is the main cause of obesity and overweight-that's well known fact...	4 / 1118
Obesity, our mothers children Obesity occurs over time when you eat more calories than you use. The balance between calories-in and calories-out differs for each person. Factors that might tip the balance include your genetic makeup, overeating, eating high-fat foods and not being physically active...	2 / 354
Managing and Preventing Obesity in Children Childhood obesity (overweight) is a common problem.Children need to be taught to develop good eating habits to avoid gaining excess weight. Check with your child's doctor to confirm that his obesity isn't due to genetics or some other medical problem...	2 / 413
Obesity "Many nutrition experts blame this trend on poor nutrition and sugar snacks. Deborah Crooks criticizes the sale of unhealthy snacks in schools, saying many of these snacks are "high in fat and sugar" (Crooks, qtd in "Sale of snack foods in schools may contribute to obesity in children")...	1 / 206
Children Obesity Over the last decade children and adults, in the United States, have been gaining more and more weight. Obesity is rapidly becoming an epidemic in our youngsters' lives...	4 / 1051