childhood obesity
Kids' weight crisis
Childhood obesity is excessive body fat in children and adolescents, typically measured against age-adjusted standards.
The term frames weight as a medical condition rather than a personal characteristic, appearing in public health discussions about diet, exercise, and long-term health risks: Childhood obesity rates have tripled since the 1970s.
- overweightExceeding healthy mass
- baby fatInfant's natural plumpness
- body mass indexWeight-to-height-squared quotient
- fatAdipose tissue
- school lunchesMeals served at educational institutions
sedentary lifestyle · adiposity · food deserts · weight gain · weight stigma · metabolic syndrome · family meals · pediatrics · unhealthy · juvenile diabetes · growth charts · insulin resistance · energy balance · snacks · picky eater · food pyramid · portion control · couch potato
- pediatricspediatrician, pediatricians, pediatrics, pediatric care, pediatric clinics
- body disordersoverweight, underweight, malnutrition, anorexia, bulimia
- obesityobese, overweight, body mass index, BMI, body fat
- Science Debatesclimate change, global warming, evolution debate, vaccine safety, creationism
- health issuescancer, asthma, diabetes, cholera, heart disease
- fast food criticismportion size, calorie count, grease, freshness, wait time
child, children, childish, childhood, childbirth, childlike, obesity, hood, childcare