Modern globalized world is extremely busy. People are too busy that they are unable to take care of the food habits of their children.
Obesity has turned out to be a major health problem of the modern age. It is not only restricted to adults but more and more children are growing up obese threatening the health of future life. According to the statistics of World Health Organization (WHO) in the year 2004, more than 17.6 million children under five are estimate to be overweight. The International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) also estimated in the year 2004 that 22 million of the world’s children under five years of age were obese. By now, it should have been increased by and large. Studies of IOTF show that obesity is acute in America and Europe and it has also begun to affect the developing countries. There can be no doubt that apart from the serious health problems, obesity in children increases the risk of behavior problems in them.
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