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childhood and adolescent obesity has risen at an alarming rate.
Here are just some of the statistics: Currently, according to
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the past
three decades the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled
for pre-school children age 2-5 years and adolescents aged 12 to
19 years, and it has more than tripled for children ages 6-11.
Additionally, more than 75% of children ages 6-11 do not eat the
minimum requirement of three vegetable servings or two fruits
daily. Nearly one-third of US children ages 4-19 eat fast food
everyday. Fast food consumption has increased five fold among
children since 1970. And finally, for children in grades 9-10
over one-third do not participate in daily activity. "At Team
Chip TaeKwonDo Centers we are waging war on this problem that
threatens the youth of our community and country," said
Instructor Lonnie Mendez. "We can make a difference!" Team Chip
TaeKwonDo Center in Abilene w