What is Childhood obesity?
[[File:Overweight teenage male.jpg|thumb|right|An overweight teenage boy.]] [[File:Obeses.png|thumb|right|Captions in [[French language|French]], but the point is clear: English-speaking countries are where obesity is worst.]] '''Childhood obesity''' consists of excess body [[fat]] that adversely affects [[children]]'s health and well being. [[Obesity]] for children is ''especially'' dangerous because many overweight children will become overweight adults. Health problems related to overweight kids include but are not limited to [[diabetes mellitus type 2|Type 2 diabetes]] in adolescence and young adulthood, [[heart disease]], [[stroke]] and [[hypertension|high blood pressure]], diseases which until recently were not common in children and teenagers. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Obesity]]