The nation faces a growing epidemic of childhood obesity that threatens the immediate health of our children and their prospects of growing up healthy into adul
In 2002, Congress charged the Institute of Medicine (IOM) with developing a prevention-focused action plan to reduce the number of obese children and youth in t
Children's health has made tremendous strides over the past century. In general, life expectancy has increased by more than thirty years since 1900 and much of
In 2002, Congress charged the Institute of Medicine (IOM) with developing a prevention-focused action plan to reduce the number of obese children and youth in t
The remarkable increase in the prevalence of obesity among children and youth in the United States over a relatively short timespan represents one of the defini
