The term is a dramatic way of describing a condition that physiologists say is putting millions of adults and children at risk. Our children, if they aren't taken care of and they have this disease, they're going to be getting this as young adults instead of old adults. The group of physiologists came up with the term SeDS to describe the growing list of potentially fatal diseases linked to a lack of exercise, like heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.
Studies show that one in four kids are considered obese.
Researchers say one problem is that daily participation in school physical education classes has dropped significantly in recent years, Hearst-Argyle Television's Alex Lee reports. The research group is calling on lawmakers to boost funding for programs that are designed to get children moving, reporter Lee said. But parents must help, too. A child who puts on the pounds now may have a high price to pay in the future. Copyright 2001 by Channel 2000 .