How Children Become Obese And What You Can Do To Help

While a boxed dinner may save you time preparing a child's evening meal, it's setting that child up for becoming overweight and perhaps obese, as time goes on. With kids spending more and more time at the computer, chatting, playing video games and, alternatively, television time, regular exercise is fast becoming a thing of the past. We used to think of a 'couch potato' as someone older, who, after a long day at work, plopped down on the couch to kick back and have a couple of beers. Now, kids are falling into this sedentary pattern, without the beers, of course – they kick back with a soda and a bag of chips.