11.   Our kids would rather watch TV or play computer games than go outside, a factor proven to contribute to childhood obesity.

12.   Prime examples are a recent California attempt to tax soda to fight childhood obesity, or the new ban on junk food in Texas schools.

13.   The increase in childhood obesity may also be a factor, because fatty tissue is a source of the sex hormone estrogen.

14.   The results come at a time of growing concern among health professionals about childhood obesity.

15.   The U.S. surgeon general in January declared childhood obesity a national epidemic.

16.   To curb childhood obesity, the American Pediatric Association urges families to begin early with proper diets and exercise.

17.   Until recently, researchers with one eye on the burger chains could only guess at the reasons for rising childhood obesity.

18.   Another report from the Bogalusa Heart Study demonstrates a different hazard of childhood obesity.

19.   Childhood obesity has been linked to later development of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and arthritis.

20.   Doctors have long warned that childhood obesity has become epidemic.