1.0 Introduction
1.1 Obesity Epidemic
Obesity is currently defined by the WHO as an individual having a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2, with BMI being defined as weight in Kilograms, divided by height in meters squared. Anyone with a BMI ≥ 25 is also considered to be overweight (Kuczmarski et al., 1997). Looking at Obesity statistics globally, it shows that in the United States of America 54% of adults are now considered overweight, with 22% of their national adult population being obese (Hill, 1998). Arguably, however, this is not the most alarming statistic one can read when research obesity on the global level; childhood obesity is rising, and fast, currently there are 22 million overweight children when we look at the 0 to 5 age range. Furthermore,…