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Host: What is the cause of the problem in children?
Dr. William McCarthy: Primarily, the cause of overweight and obesity in children is pretty much the same as in adult. We are seeing changes in eating habits, we are seeing more fast foods, larger serving sizes.
Children are tending to eat a lot more in a way of soft drinks and snack foods. Many children, the majority of their calories actually come from soft drinks or snack foods. We are also seeing major changes in physical activity. Children are not newly as active as they were in past, children are putting more and more time in front of television screen or computer screen.
They average child spends up to 20-30 hours per week in front of a television set or a computer screen and if they are watching T.
V. they may see, 40000 ads or more that are advertising for breakfast cereals also snack foods, soft drinks.
We also see these things such as snacks food and soft drinks they are available quite frequently in schools, children have far more access to these, these days and so, what we are seeing is the same trend in children as we are seeing in adults, this persistent tendency towards obesity and overweight.
Expert: William McCarthy
Medical Director, Nova ABC Weight Loss Clinic
Dr. William McCarthy is the Medical Director at the NOVA ABC Weight Loss ClinicDr. McCarthy has been in private medical practice in the Northern Virginia area since 1976. He received a BS (Magna cum laude) at Xavier University in Cincinnati, his M.D. degree at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C, and served his internship and residency in Family Practice at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals in More »
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This video is about obesity and weight issues in our society, which is now recognized by the medical profession as the world's #1 health problem. I will answer your questions about the impact of excess weight; the More »
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