It's too cold to exercise. This year my New Year's Resolution is to loose 10 pounds-again. If so, you are one of many Americans that are placing your health in jeopardy. A healthy, active lifestyle should not be a summertime pastime but rather an everyday event. Too often we rely on diet aides or diet fads that may initially offer short-term success, but usually result in long term failure.
Children are especially at risk.
Childhood obesity is not likely to be outgrown. The longer a child is overweight,the more likely that weight problems will persist into adolescence and adulthood. The onset of puberty and its associated growth phase, and the onset of menses in young females, creates greater nutritional demands on the growing adolescent. U nfortu nately , these demands are often unmet. Appeal, availability, convenience, and cost are by far the most important determinants.