March 8, 2010

Obesity epidemic starts before birth - LA Times and Systems Diagram

This morning the LA Times reported that obesity can start before birth and that 1 in 3 American children are overweight. According to the article, mothers who are overweight going into pregnancy are more likely to have overweight or underweight children.

The causes of childhood obesity are extremely complex. To get an idea of just how complex, check out this systems diagram from Shiftn.

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