| Obesity, especially in children, is a matter of | | | | and to act. This means adequate amounts of |
| rapidly growing concern in the United States. For | | | | vitamins like B6, E, Folic acid, and Biotin. Proper |
| the first time in decades, we are projecting a | | | | nutrition also means getting quality minerals into |
| decline in life expectancy for the current | | | | our systems like copper, manganese, and |
| generation of pre-teens and children! This crisis | | | | zinc.Pediatric obesity is a term that is becoming |
| has attracted the attention of everyone from | | | | increasingly common. What used to be an |
| former president Bill Clinton to the Surgeon | | | | anomaly--a child who weighs at least 20 percent |
| General to pediatricians and parents | | | | more than is healthy--is now increasingly |
| everywhere.Not only is childhood obesity | | | | commonplace. In addition the increased health |
| decreasing the life span of today's kids, but it's | | | | risks and decreased life span of overweight |
| also affecting their quality of life. Diseases that we | | | | children, there is also the not-inconsiderable social |
| used to see primarily in adults are cropping up in | | | | stigma attached to being heavy. These children |
| children, even toddlers. Diabetes, emphysema, and | | | | tend to withdraw into themselves, becoming shy, |
| other troubling health issues are beginning to | | | | uncomfortable, and solitary.Clearly, an overweight |
| plague people at younger and younger ages.New | | | | child is dealing with a number of issues concerning |
| research tells us that the primary cause of our | | | | all areas of health: emotional and mental, as well |
| obesity problems is, ironically, malnutrition! Although | | | | as physical. Now, people want to know: what is |
| our kids are eating a lot more food, they are | | | | causing this distressing trend? Can anything be |
| simply not getting the vitamins and minerals they | | | | done to stop it?What Is the Cure for Pediatric |
| need. This means that their bodies will continue to | | | | Obesity?Experts on pediatric obesity have been |
| crave food, desperate for the necessary | | | | working non-stop for years to unravel this |
| elements of survival.Dr. Anhalt is a | | | | mystery. They have had worldwide support, since |
| world-renowned endocrinologist and childhood | | | | obese children imply great social health concerns |
| obesity expert. He has studied the problem, and | | | | long into the future. Fortunately, new light has |
| found a way to reverse it. "EssentiaLean" is a | | | | been shed on this problem.Experts such as Dr. |
| product he has created to offer our children's | | | | Anhalt, the director of pediatric endocrinology at |
| bodies the vitamins and minerals needed to finally | | | | the St. Barnabas Medical Center, believe a solution |
| satiate the bone-deep need for building blocks | | | | has been found. Dr. Anhalt has noticed that obese |
| such as antioxidants and vitamins B12, E, and D. | | | | children are remarkably deficient in some very |
| When the human body is getting what it needs, | | | | basic vitamins and minerals, and that getting the |
| the compulsive search for more and more food | | | | child's body back into balance can make a world |
| can be eliminated.The causes for obesity are | | | | of difference. As such, this esteemed doctor has |
| proving to be more complex than were once | | | | developed a formula called "EssentiaLean," which |
| thought, and more and more researchers are | | | | supplies children with the nutrients they need, |
| looking to vitamin and nutrient deficiencies to | | | | which, when combined with better eating and |
| explain the problem. It used to be that obesity, | | | | exercise habits, will reverse the weight-gaining |
| especially in children, was thought to be a result of | | | | trend and lead to a much healthier and happier |
| lack of willpower, even lack of parental | | | | life.Lauren Jackson is a free-lance contributor to |
| supervision. Now, however, there is new | | | | many nutrition forums highlighting children's issues. |
| information coming to light that is dramatically | | | | She is currently working on her PHD and looks |
| changing how we think about weight and weight | | | | forward to private practice counseling for children |
| gain.Our bodies need real, complete nutrition in | | | | and their familes struggling with obesity. |
| order to function, to process oxygen, to think, | | | | |