The Washington Post has a series of state-of-the-epidemic feature articles this week on Pediatric Obesity, all linked below.

Obesity Threatens a Generation: Facts and Figures

How Obesity Harms a Child’s Body: Body Parts

Facts You Should Know About Childhood Obesity

Inertia at the Top: Can Government Help?

Slimming Down Schools

The Search for Solutions: Keeping Kids on Track

By the way, check out the child-like wonder at foods that work like medicine that Dr. La Puma, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb displayed on The Today Show for ChefMD!