I wished I had had the time to do the research and include some of these statistics in my project, but between work, school and life I just didn't have the time to get to it. I did however begin the research to show that childhood obesity is in fact a world-wide pandemic (occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population.) and not just an American epidemic ("An outbreak of a disease that spreads quickly and affects many individuals at the same time."). (Merriam-Webster, 2011).
Many nation's children are suffering the life-altering effects of childhood obesity. Here's proof....
Asian Indians http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18296330
Australia http://www.healthyactive.gov.au/internet/healthyactive/publishing.nsf/Content/overweight-obesity
Canada http://www.childhoodobesityfoundation.ca/
Europe http://www.ecog-obesity.eu/
United Kingdom http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/obesity2.shtml
England http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/supporter-resources/downloads/Help_stop_childhood_obesity.pdf
Ireland http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2011/1103/1224306974537.html
Wales http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/11/08/obesity-is-new-black-death-threat-91466-22209173/ (Professor, if you're reading this, I had the idea to compare Childhood Obesity to the Black Death BEFORE I found this article!!!)
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