Medicine.Net – Pallavi Suyog Uttekar, MD
Childhood obesity is an escalating problem worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 19.3 percent of children and adolescents (2-19 years of age) in the U.S. are obese. The coronavirus pandemic put additional restrictions on our movement and schedules and caused an increase in the number of inactive, sedentary kids. Now that the situation is better and countries are relaxing restrictions, it is time to get our kids out of the house and physically active.
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