Obesity among school-aged African-American Children in the United States

Obesity among school-aged African-American Children in the United States

Introduction

Obesity in children is the excessive accumulation of body fat, especially in adipose tissue, and that can be perceived by the body weight gain when it reaches 20 percent over ideal weight for age, height, and sex of child in question (Ogden, Carroll, 2008). Both in Europe and the United States since the nineties until today, the incidence of childhood obesity has doubled. Obesity has become an epidemic among school-aged children in the United States, including African-American children. This is an alarming concern world-wide, as ...