Overeating
Growing Bigger
Childhood obesity could lower life expectancy, with increased health risks leading to chronic illness, such as type II diabetes, at an earlier age.
Many Canadian children are overweight, or even obese, because they eat a lot of high-calorie foods and spend too much of their leisure time sitting in front of a computer or television.
“Over the past two decades, rates of overweight and obesity have nearly tripled among Canadian children.”
— Improving the Health of Canadians, Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2004
Obesity
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