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Pediatric Obesity Could become Epidemic
March 6, 2006
According to a recent report published in the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, there will be more obese children around the world by the end of the decade. The journal forecasts that almost half of the children in the Americas will be obese by 2010. The current level of obese children in the Americas is one-third.
Obesity has risen in most of the countries, based on factors including a lack of physical activity and the easy availability of junk food, reinforced by massive advertising. Researchers reached the conclusion based on a series of reports tracking obesity in school children in 25 countries and younger kids in 42 countries.
Scientists are also saying that soft drinks are causing much of the obesity problem in children. Two studies are expected to be published this week that link obesity and soft drinks.