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CHAPTER 4 CLASSMATE CONNECTION

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Q Childhood obesity has been a topic of concern for many years. What are three possible causes of it? What are two replacement behaviors that we can teach children to do instead of eating unhealthy snacks?

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Obesity in children and adolescents is a serious medical problem that affects the majority of children and adolescents. For many years, this has been a source of concern. Obesity in children develops when a child's weight exceeds the normal or healthy range for his or her age and height. The following are three possible causes: First genetic factors are one of the biggest factors examined as a cause of obesity. However, genetic susceptibility needs to be coupled with contributing environmental and behavioural factors in order to affects the weight (Sahoo et al., 2015).