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Obesity is a problem that nearly every nation in the world is facing, but there is much that we can do to fix it.

The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk.

Tackling childhood obesity is key.

If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.

Progress among the youngest children is especially important because we know that preventing obesity at an early age helps young people maintain a healthy weight into adulthood.

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

Each and every one of us has unknowingly played a part in the obesity problem.

Obesity puts our children at risk of developing serious diseases - such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and depression. It keeps our children from performing their best at school.

Fixing obesity is going to require a change in our modern relationship with food. I'm hopeful that we begin to see a turnaround in this childhood obesity epidemic.

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.