Obesity tops health problems for US children

A conference in the United States has heard that obesity is now the single most widespread children’s health problem.

A conference in the United States has heard that obesity is now the single most widespread children’s health problem.Scientists at the conference in New York say that at least 15 per cent of American children are now obese.Other delegates to the conference told of the expanding obesity problem in the broader community.One researcher found that the average American gains almost one kilogram a year between the ages of 20 and 60.(Source: ABC HEalth News, March 2004)