The United States of America is a country that has been dramatically plagued with a great deal of chronic diseases, which have flourished across the nation in the past decades. One of the most common and prevalent disease in the U.S. has been a medical condition known as childhood obesity. According to the Center for Disease and Control and Prevention, childhood obesity is a condition when that occurs when a child is extremely overweight for his stature and age (CDC, 2017). This has been a growing problem that has caught the attention of doctors and health professionals all around the country. The reason for this is due to the fact that childhood obesity can negatively affect the future health of these children by increasing the risk of obtaining
