Discover the most effective way to help an obese child

The American Association of Christian Counselors has this to say about helping children who are obese:

Childhood obesity has become a growing epidemic nationally and worldwide. Obesity is the most common pediatric disease in the majority of the world except for the former Soviet Union and sub-Saharan Africa (Sweeting, 2007) and the most common nutritional disorder in school-age children (Gortmaker, Must, Perrin, Sobol, & Deitz, 1993). Given the magnitude of this problem, the impact on life span development is enormous. Obesity affects the physical and mental well-being of children resulting in substantial life-long repercussions. The causes are multifactorial and differ from child to child. The identification of abnormal developmental weight gain is challenged by limited diagnostic tools and a lack of recognition by parents and practitioners. Nevertheless, significant effort has been devoted to studying methods of managing this newly emerging childhood disease. By addressing the psychological as well as physical aspects of this condition, successful treatment regimens have been developed…read more here.