Overweight Kids Author:Dr. Linda Mintle A stagering 30 percent of American youngsters - twice as many as 20 years ago - are overweight or on their way to becoming so. Nearly 20 percent of those diagnosed as obese are under the age of five. It's in the news: childhood weight problems are now so prevalent that the National Institutes of Health considers it an epidemic. As a result, more... more » children are suffering Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and gallbladder disease - dangerous illnesses that once struck mostely in middle age. Obesity can even worsen asthma. And obese children can become obese teens, who in turn become obese adults with health problems such as heart disease, stroke and cancer. In Overweight Kids, Dr. Mintle has assembled positive, practical, preventive and inspirational guidelines to help parents find spirtual and behavioral solutions to help their children.« less