Sometimes, the numbers are something that we don’t want to see or know. But unfortunately, they have a story to tell, which it began almost 35 years ago: an estimated 17 % of the children in America are already overweight. The period 1976-1980 and 2007-2008, the percentage of obesity among preschool children aged 2-5 increased from 5.0% to 10.4% and from 6.5% to 19.6% among those aged 6-11. Read more