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...Many overweight children already show abnormal levels of liver enzymes, and fully one-third suffer from fatty liver, a condition in which the organ becomes streaked with fat. "I worry about the outcome of these children 10 to 20 years from now," says Dr. Miriam Vos, a pediatrician and liver expert at Emory University. "In adults, we know that 3% to 5% of those with fatty-liver disease will progress on to cirrhosis or to an advanced stage where you might need a liver transplant." While not all cases reach such a dangerous state, Vos notes that in about...
...Kumar says the key to reversing liver abnormalities--not to mention all the additional burdens excess fat places on the heart, bones and other organs--is to detect signs of weight gain in kids early. "We don't want to get to the point where children are so overweight, they have trouble moving," she says. "If that happens, we've lost the battle." As any parent of an overweight child knows, in the war on obesity, every battle counts...
FACT: 14% of kids ages 2 to 5 are already overweight...
Childhood obesity is nothing short of an epidemic. A study released last month revealed that nearly a third of America's kids are overweight or obese--and, amazingly enough, the media seemed to consider that good news since the figures were leveling off slightly. (That's like in Washington, where a decrease in the rate of spending is considered a cut.) The problem is very far from going away...
...there is some hope, as this special issue of TIME shows. Investigators are learning how everything from family income to ethnicity to geography helps determine which kids become overweight and which don't. We explore how psychologists and nutritionists are developing protocols to help parents better address weight issues, and we even offer tips on how to get kids off the couch. (Sometimes I just take away my two boys' Nintendos, and that gets them moving--at least in protest...