Children's Health & Fitness ? New Healthy Eating Book For Children ...

July 25th, 2012 by Len Saunders

From WebWire?..

Parents who want their kids to grow up happy and healthy should be on the lookout for the increasing Australian epidemic ? childhood obesity. Between 20-25% of Australian children are obese and all trends point towards this figure increasing, not decreasing.

Health specialists have raised concern over child obesity because it can lead to many serious medical problems including early cardiovascular diseases, bone and joint problems, sleep apnea, and social and psychological problems. Obese children who grow up to be obese adults are also at greater risk of acquiring several types of cancer: breast, colon, endometrium, esophagus, kidney, pancreas, gall bladder, thyroid, ovary, cervix, and prostate, as well as multiple myeloma and Hodgkin?s lymphoma.

The figures are scary enough to shake any parent into action, especially one mother of two children who she politely describes as ?fussy eaters?. Sharon Cooper, a commercial gardener and passionate healthy living advocate, was inspired by her children to write Superfood Spike and the Fart of Junkfood Jimmy. The book follows Superfood Spike?s plight to introduce Junkfood Jimmy to superfoods and help him to understand what junk food does to his body. www.childhoodobesityanswers.com/.

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