America's kids are obese and it's getting worse

Obesity is worsening in American kids, researchers reported Monday.

And the most severe obesity is hitting more and more very small children — those under the age of 5, they found.

Experts blame a society that continues to push junk food despite the overwhelming evidence about its dangers, and the lack of access to exercise.

More than 40 percent of 16 to 19-year-olds are obese, the team at Duke University, Wake Forest University and elsewhere found. But worse, 26 percent of 2 to 5-year-olds were overweight and more than 15 percent were obese, they reported in the journal Pediatrics.


Source : nbcnews