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Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness.

The number of kids affected by obesity has tripled since 1980, and this can be traced in large part to lack of exercise and a healthy diet.

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.

It is said that the way to prevent obesity is not to allow kids to become overweight in the first place. But it takes a multi-pronged approach that has to start with parents. Kids are just too young to understand the consequences of obesity.

It doesn't have to be a problem for children to be fat, but it does affect you: you aren't as happy in that skin.

Tackling childhood obesity is key.

The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.

Nutrition isn't the only problem; our children also aren't getting enough exercise.

This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.

Children with obesity and diabetes live harder poorer lives, they often don't finish school and earn much less than their healthy counterparts.