When you talk about obesity there's so many things that can cause that. It can be a medical thing or down to the individual. There's a lot of other things involved than eating a Mars bar.

The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk.

While approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in 2000 will suffer from obesity which as noted is a predominant Type II precursor.

The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.

We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity salt imbalance and allergies.

There are five issues that make a fist of a hand that can knock America out cold. They're lack of jobs obesity diabetes homelessness and lack of good education.

How much obesity has to be created in a single decade for people to realize that diet has to be responsible for it?

We talk about you know diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well you know there are people who don't have that problem because they're not getting any food! We have so many deep problems and issues facing humanity.

The number of kids affected by obesity has tripled since 1980 and this can be traced in large part to lack of exercise and a healthy diet.

Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement increased physical exercise better diet and restraint from eating.