Although rare in the past, obesity is now among the most widespread medical problems affecting children and adolescents living in the U.S. and other developed countries. About 15% of adolescents (aged 12-19 years) and children (aged 6-11 years) are obese in the United States (according to the American Obesity Association). And the really sad part is that the numbers are expected to continue increasing.Childhood obesity represents one of our greatest health challenges, so with that in mind, I’m suggesting a few edits in some of the most popular children’s literature to address the subject head-on…
- The Adventures of Skinny-the-Pooh
- Not-So-Little Women
- The Very, Really, Really, Enormously Hungry Caterpillar
- The Runaway Belly
- Guess How Much I Love Ham
- The Cat in the Fat
- Where the Wide Things Are
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Diet
- Oh, The Pizzas You'll Eat
- The Velvetta Rabbit
- The Little Engine That Could… But Never Did
- Anna Rexia
- Mike Mulligan And His Steamed Veggies
- Pippi Wrongsnacking
- Furious Gorge
- Amelia Bread-elia
- Binge to Terabithia
- Chocolate’s Web
- The Liar, the Scale, and the Wardrobe
- The Boxcarb Children
- Sarah, Plain,Tall & Fat
- James and the Giant Pouch
- Roll of Belly, Hear My Cry
- Fatilda
- Stuart Not-Too-Little
- The Bitch of Biggest Loser Pond
