The Belgium Obesity Foundation is dedicated to predicting, preventing, treating, and ultimately eliminating childhood overweight and obesity. This increasingly costly and painful health epidemic is affecting the world’s population of babies, youngsters, adolescents and young adults. We believe our goal is within reach — but we need your support.

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    • Why So Many Children Are On The Road To Heart Disease (Medical News Today)
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    • More Sleep, Less Childhood Obesity (WebMD)

    Childhood obesity affects over ONE THIRD of all children in the United States. The epidemic is equally serious in other countries. Approximately 22 million children worldwide under the age of five are obese. And more than three times that number are dangerously overweight. Obesity affects everyone.

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    CHILDHOOD OBESITY IS HURTING OUR CHILDREN. It robs kids of joy. It steals their future. Healthier kids and teenagers grow to be happier, more successful adults. Overweight kids grow up to become overweight parents. Overweight and obesity in children can cause diabetes, heart disease and hypertension, respiratory complications, stroke, depression.

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    Controlling weight is not always a matter of proper diet and exercise.There are many causes of obesity. For some children eating less junk food, making ?healthier lifestyle choices,? getting more exercise and fewer calories is not enough to maintain a healthy BMI. Taking diet medications or undergoing bariatric surgery may be the answer for some.

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    While the emotional cost of childhood obesity is tremendous, the cost in dollars is staggering.The direct costs nationally of treating obesity-related diseases are estimated at $61 billion. It is predicted the true cost associated with childhood obesity will equal 10% or more of the Gross Domestic Product of the United States of America by the year 2010.

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