Obesity: Prime Concern In US

There have been a number of health issues that have caught attention in US. However, the issue that tops the list is obesity. The kids specially are more obese that before and this number is increasing. These kids grow up into unhealthy adults and invite more chronic problems. As they age, they are prone to more serious illness. According to some studies of about 70,000 children showed that about 45,000 were highly obese. It was also found that boys were more prone to obesity than the girls. In fact the affect is to such an extent that they have a life span that is 10 to 20 years less than the usual life span.