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Despite years of attention and growing concern about the childhood obesity problem, the US may still lag behind.
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the United States' neighbors to the north may be faring better in the fight against childhood obesity.
"About one-quarter of Canadian adults and more than one-third of adults in the United States are obese," wrote lead study author Margaret D. Carroll, MSPH, of CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), and colleagues. "Obese children are at risk of becoming obese adults and can experience immediate health consequences such as psychosocial stress, elevated blood pressure and cholesterol, and abnormal glucose tolerance."
