Childhood
Obesity
“It
is no secret that obesity is now affecting our youth in
epidemic proportions. Everywhere you turn there are news
reports, talk shows and magazine articles discussing the
growing numbers of overweight and obese children worldwide.
North America and Europe are leading the pack with the
number of overweight children continuing to rise”.
For
example, in Canada, the latest statistics are:
• 35 per cent of boys are overweight
• 29 per cent of girls are overweight
• 17 per cent of boys are obese
• 15 per cent of girls are obese
(Shulman, 2006)
This website has been designed by Angelina Stoochnoff and Harwinder Gill, Fourth Year Nursing Student of Kwantlen University College, Surrey, BC.
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