It is becoming a huge issue overweight in children, in America millions of child are suffering from obesity and no one seem to be doing anything about it, we need to educate our child and give the proper guidance.

Experts say that there are different causes of childhood obesity, it can be an emotional problem, it could be genetic, lack of healthy food or lack of physical activities. But what is the real truth, lets see the facts.

In the last 20 years childhood obesity has doubled, in those years media advertisement and technology has also grown exponentially, our children are exposed to more than 40,000 tv ads a year. They are watching more tv that in school, they are not doing physical sports anymore, they prefer to play sports video games.

So, who is to blame? we cant say that parents or the media are responsible on their own, its a number of factors that have created an unhealthy lifestyle. But there is a lot that can be done to prevent it.

Here are some childhood obesity factors that can change and prevent this problem:

Dont let your child watch too much tv or play many hours of video games, they are wasting too much time doing nothing and sitting without moving eating snacks. This has to change, encourage sports with their friends, at home and in school.

Its important that you buy and cook nutritive food that your child can eat before going to school or in school.

You need to talk with your child at let him know of the dangers of junk food, encourage him to do activities like sports and dont let him stay in front of the tv for long time because they are being brainwashed with thousands of junk food ads.