If you live in the DC area, or don't mind accessing newspapers online, the Washington Post will be running a five part series on the national epidemic that is childhood obesity. According to the Post, a whopping one in three children is considered overweight by the medical community, which means too many of our children will be facing certain health complications in the near future.
The study promises to be very enlightening, if not disturbing; and, it evidences two very apparent realities:
1) Childhood obesity is a health crisis that has reached the level designated as an "epidemic", and it can no longer be ignored.
And...
2) The editors and writers of The Washington Post are clearly loyal readers of my blog.
Also check out a fantastic comment under the previous post addressing parents in denial about the subject, posted by the ever knowledgable and fabulous, Nurse Julie.
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