Research Study

Center for Health and Wellbeing: 9/8/2008: http://weblamp.princeton.edu/chw/research/briefs_pdfs/AA%20childcare_12%2018%202006_FINAL.pdf


Child Care Settings and Childhood Obesity
The rates of obesity in children have significantly increased for ages two through eleven. This research study says that the number of children in child care is at an all time high and that children are not getting the nutrition and activity that they need.
This says that only little research has been done to test the environment on the amount of physical activity and the nutrition in the child care centers.
I do not see any numbers to base my thoughts on but I think that there are other things helping the children become obese at early ages. I think Americans in general have a higher number of obese in the country. As a culture, we are not becoming healty. Just like children now days get to grow up with cell phones and easy access to computers, they also get to grow up with fast food restaurants on every corner that are open until midnight or later. Day care might not be helping these children get what they need but there are so many other things that is contributing. if you give a child something healthy to eat in day care it doesnt mean that they wont pig out on snacks when they are home.