Groups responsible for addressing childhood obesity
The first group is parents. Children learn most behaviors by imitating the things they see. In the first years of a child, most of the time is spent with the parents or caregivers. Therefore, they have the first and central role to influence healthy behavior by teaching them to eat healthy foods, as well as physical exercise. The second group is advertisers. A huge proportion of income of food manufacturers comes from food consumed by children. Therefore, advertisers often create advertisements targeted at children as they compete for market share in the industry segment. They often take advantage of Continue reading...