Despite efforts to address it, it’s still a major health issue and a major challenge.

Our society today has changed to the point where it’s easier to be overweight than to be fit. We’ve engineered walking out of our lifestyle. We give our kids door-to-door service everywhere.

While we’ve heard a lot about the problem of obesity, only recently communities, schools and workplaces are starting to intervene and impact the way we live. Until we really change the education factor and say,...

In 2000, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommended this (tracking BMI) as a better way to track growth patterns.