Childhood Anti-Obesity Campaign Headed by Michelle Obama
By Mayuri, Gaea News NetworkMonday, December 20, 2010
NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — First Lady Michelle Obama is all set to end childhood obesity by launching a campaign to reinforce the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the rates for childhood obesity have tripled during the past three decades. Because of obesity-related health issues such as high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes researchers conclude that life expectancy over the coming decades could decline by two to five years.
Overweight kids have become an all-too-common reality. Numerous sources estimate that approximately 40 percent of American children are either overweight or obese; the obesity rate for young children (ages two to five) and youth (ages twelve to nineteen) tripled, and for older children (ages six to eleven), the obesity rate quadrupled. That’s about 110 million children now classified as overweight or obese.
Michelle Obama is set to touch the national nerve with her campaign and we can hope that her latest endeavor can eradicate the ever growing epidemic.
