ce such factors as one’s response to overfeeding, one’s degree of fatness, as well as the way fat is distributed in one’s body. Recent studies have also established that babies born to overweight mothers tend to be less active and gain more weight in early infancy due to some apparently internal desire to There are many causes for child obesity. Drinking carbonated drinks is one. Lack of physical exercise is another. A third might be genetics. Whilst there may not be an identifiable cause in every case, an understanding of the issues involved may be of benefit.

Indeed, whereas milk used to be the beverage of choice for young kids, now it’s those sweetened carbonated beverages. Milk consumption in the 1990s decreased nearly forty percent from the average for adolescents in the late 1970s. That means that children today drink twice as much soda pop as they do milk!

In addition to bad eating habits, one of the main problems that causes childhood obesity is societal and relates to the lack of physical activity in our day to day lives. As the world becomes more complex, technology continues to make advances that encourage us to sit around all day doing little to nothing physically. Why bother when we have video games, computers, and televisions to entertain us? Why bother walking anywhere or riding a bike when we can simply get in a car or take public transportation? What it comes down to is a simple lack of movement in our day to day lives.

Then there’s the problem of genetics. Heredity can influence such factors as one’s response to overfeeding, one’s degree of fatness, as well as the way fat is distributed in one’s body. Recent studies have also established that babies born to overweight mothers tend to be less active and gain more weight in early infancy due to some apparently internal desire to c

rage of choice for young kids, now it’s those sweetened carbonated beverages. Milk consumption in the 1990s decreased nearly forty percent from the average for adolescents in the late 1970s. That means that children today drink twice as much soda pop as they do milk!

In addition to bad eating habits, one of the main problems that causes childhood obesity is societal and relates to the lack of physical activity in our day to day lives. As the world becomes more complex, technology continues to make advances that encourage us to sit around all day doing little to nothing physically. Why bother when we have video games, computers, and televisions to entertain us? Why bother walking anywhere or riding a bike when we can simply get in a car or take public transportation? What it comes down to is a simple lack of movement in our day to day lives.

Then there’s the problem of genetics. Heredity can influence such factors as one’s response to overfeeding, one’s degree of fatness, as well as the way fat is distributed in one’s body. Recent studies have also established that babies born to overweight mothers tend to be less active and gain more weight in early infancy due to some apparently internal desire to

one of the main problems that causes childhood obesity is societal and relates to the lack of physical activity in our day to day lives. As the world becomes more complex, technology continues to make advances that encourage us to sit around all day doing little to nothing physically. Why bother when we have video games, computers, and televisions to entertain us? Why bother walking anywhere or riding a bike when we can simply get in a car or take public transportation? What it comes down to is a simple lack of movement in our day to day lives.

Then there’s the problem of genetics. Heredity can influence such factors as one’s response to overfeeding, one’s degree of fatness, as well as the way fat is distributed in one’s body. Recent studies have also established that babies born to overweight mothers tend to be less active and gain more weight in early infancy due to some apparently internal desire to

ve video games, computers, and televisions to entertain us? Why bother walking anywhere or riding a bike when we can simply get in a car or take public transportation? What it comes down to is a simple lack of movement in our day to day lives.

Then there’s the problem of genetics. Heredity can influence such factors as one’s response to overfeeding, one’s degree of fatness, as well as the way fat is distributed in one’s body. Recent studies have also established that babies born to overweight mothers tend to be less active and gain more weight in early infancy due to some apparently internal desire to

ce such factors as one’s response to overfeeding, one’s degree of fatness, as well as the way fat is distributed in one’s body. Recent studies have also established that babies born to overweight mothers tend to be less active and gain more weight in early infancy due to some apparently internal desire to conserve energy.