Children's Health and Fitness - Len Saunders

From UAB?..

As the new school year approaches, parents have to decide what their children will eat for lunch. Should they help the kids brown bag it or remember to take their lunch money? While this might not seem to be a major issue, it is because the importance of school lunch rises with the rates of childhood obesity, say University of Alabama at Birmingham experts.

The number of obese children and teens in the United States has risen during the past two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of 2010, about 17 percent of kids ages 2-19 were considered obese, meaning they have a body-mass index at or above the 95th percentile for children of the same age and sex. The CDC says that makes them susceptible to heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, asthma, sleep apnea and social discrimination.

?For many, childhood obesity extends into adulthood where these disorders have more impact on their health, so starting early is the key to prevention,? says Stephenie Wallace, M.D., UAB assistant professor of pediatrics and medical director for the Children?s Clinic for Weight Management at Children?s Hospital (CCWM).

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