Harvard Obesity Scientist Side With The State
In the most recent JAMA(Journal of the American Medical Association) a most provocative article desribes how leading Harvard scientist of obesity are siding with state intervention when it comes to chilhood obesity, particular severe forms. The debate has gone beyond the academic world and was discussed by ABC TV Nightly News and FOX TV. The scientist are stating that obesity is rising in the United States and that severe obesity is impacting childhood morbidity and mortality at such alarming rates that somebody has to be held accountable for it. That accountability will fall ultimately with the parents.It is that cut and that dry. Currently 30 percent of children between 6 and 18 are obese or overweight with over 2 million being over the 99th percentile of weight. Overweight is mathematically described as having a BMI(body mass index of weight over height squared) of between 25-29.Obesity is a BMI greater than 30. Children are overeating and lacking "leisurely" physi...