I know a lot of parents who are really struggling with the issue of childhood obesity. 

There are many solutions to the problem of childhood obesity. 

With the number of children with obesity on the rise in the U.S., parents need to be better educated about the causes of childhood obesity. 

The percentage of children in the United States who are obese increased from seven percent in 1980 to nearly 20 percent in 2008 (CDC, 2012).