The prevalence of childhood obesity is so high in the United States that it may reduce the life expectancy of today's generation of children. While parents and
Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century. In general, life expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of
With childhood obesity hitting alarmingly high levels and given high profile in the media today, this book looks at what schools could and should be doing to ta
One-third of adults are now obese, and children's obesity rates have climbed from 5 to 17 percent in the past 30 years. The causes of the nation's obesity epide