The topic that I will be researching is on Childhood obesity , according to the OCCD one in six children suffers from obesity, which has impact on child physical and emotional health and children who are overweight have greater tendency to remain obese throughout the adulthood. In the United States childhood obesity has tripled since the 1970s comparing other countries like Japan, Ethiopia, Hungary, Burkina Faso has the lowest rate in childhood obesity. According to the research there are many ways child can be obese example poor diet, lack of physical activity, stress, marketing , lunch options at school and boredom. These are some of the possibilities that contributes to childhood obesity. What I would like to know is why are healthy foods more expensive, also why are some advertisement of certain foods allowed on the market? What are we as parents doing to help children choosing healthy food. My suggestion is that we should encourage our children to eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grain product, drink low fat milk, eat lean meat, fish and beans for proteins finally drink a lot of water. We should also discourage our kids when eating fats and sweets example snacks, we should inform our children to exercise more often in order to be healthy. Where in New York is childhood obesity has a higher rate? In the Bronx. When did childhood  obesity starts to increase? In the 1970s. What kind of foods contributes to childhood obesity? Junk foods. Which part of the united states shows high rate of childhood obesity ? New York. Why does childhood obesity contribute to health problems? They develop cardiovascular diseases. How did they gain weight by eating junk food? Because junk food has more fats.