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It is becoming a huge issue overweight in children, in America millions of child are suffering from obesity and no one seem to be doing anything about it, we need to educate our child and give the proper guidance.

There are many causes that experts say are the reason for obesity in kids, some say that is genetics, that is an emotional problem, lack of nutrient food or lack of exercise. But what are the facts in all this, lets take a closer look.

Many people dont have ideas that in the last twenty years childhood obesity has doubled, but also in those years media has grown so much that our kids are exposed to more than 40,000 ads a year and thus media has a huge influence in them.

So, who is to blame? we cant say that parents or the media are responsible on their own, its a number of factors that have created an unhealthy lifestyle. But there is a lot that can be done to prevent it.

Here are some childhood obesity factors that can change and prevent this problem:

Dont let your child watch too much tv or play many hours of video games, they are wasting too much time doing nothing and sitting without moving eating snacks. This has to change, encourage sports with their friends, at home and in school.

Give your child good nutrition, cook nutritive food that is full of vitamins and minerals, including fruits and vegetables. Dont buy them many candies and snacks they dont need it, those are full of sugars and can become addictive.

Educate your child, dont let them watch too much media, there are millions spend every year on advertising junk food on tv and everywhere else, your kid will want some of those sugar snacks selling everywhere, make sure that since child they eat good nutritive food so they become more likely to avoid junk food.