Psychology Today – Edward Abramson, PhD
If you think your child is getting too heavy, you’re not alone. The number of overweight kids has tripled since the 1960s. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 14.4 million kids (19.3 percent) age 2 to 19 were obese. The numbers are worse for minority children and adolescents: The prevalence was 25.6 percent for Hispanic and 24.2 percent for African-American children.