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Childhood Obesity

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Childhood obesity is one of the greatest problems that the western world is facing today.

Start early

It is important to promote healthy eating, giving children a healthy food choices and all the encouragement they need. Eating a variety of fruit and vegetables helps to establish life long healthy eating habits in children, and reduce high fat foods (e.g. McDonalds) and reducing soft drink intake (e.g. Coke).

The role of exercise should also not be forgotten. Simply promoting active play and encouraging participation in physical activites can lead to

What to do

• Childcare and pre-school centers should be providing appropriate healthy food and drinks to the children
• Parents should be providing their children with daily fruit and vegetables in their lunchboxes

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