Obesity in children is a serious health problem leading to epidemic proportions locally.

The problem of childhood obesity is a serious problem that has ramifications for health at international, national, local and most importantly individual levels. This essay will discuss the problems, such as increased affluence in first world countries, lack of education of correct eating habits and nutritional information, and reduced use of physical activity as recreation with increased use of technological recreation such as computer and TV games, which are contributing to the epidemic spreading of …

…emotional wellbeing there will be a flow on effect to current and future physical problems. As a proverb states 'prevention is better than cure', this will reduce the demand on current and future medical resources that are involved in the treatment of obesity problems. To conclude, obesity is a problem that should be identified early so that future problems in both psychological and physical terms can be reduced through better education and a better diet.