T ell me about childhood obesity. You help me so much with some problems of my child. But now I would like to know about the problem of obesity in my four old year girl.
Some children are big, or stocky, because they have large skeletal frames.
They are not obese. There are general guidelines for appropriate weight for a given height, but these are only general guidelines. Obesity is usually caused by an individual's eating more food than is necessary for him or her. Less activity than the individual needs can also cause obesity, but this is less common in children. Whatever the cause, certain children inherit a genetic predisposition to obesity.