An Overview of Childhood Obesity

An Overview of Childhood Obesity

Childhood Obesity is an epidemic on the rise in America. Childhood Obesity has many lasting and often detrimental effects on children. Obesity among children and Adolescents is higher than ever before. From children aged 2-19 from 2017-2020, the prevalence of obesity amongst the population was 19.7%. It is less common in children ages 2-5 with an obesity prevalence of 12.7%….