What are the causes of obesity in children?

Doctors don't get tired of repeating that obesity is a real war, where there is only one enemy, but at the same time countless victims. This problem of modernity is aggravated by the fact that children are on the “battlefield”.

Why children are more likely to suffer from obesity in single mothers?

The problem of childhood obesity in the United States is very acute. Every fifth child is overweight. Therefore, experts spend a lot of time on this problem, searching for the causes of obesity in children and ways to prevent them. As the last study showed, that a child grows in a full family plays a significant role in this issue.