STEM: Nutrition: Health Risks of Obesity

Excerpt:

The number of people with obesity in the UK has more than trebled in the last 25 years. Doctors now say that the condition is reaching 'epidemic' proportions. Why are they so concerned?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/21702372

All About Sugar

Some of you are researching nutrition. Here is a good article about sugar and how it affects the body.

http://lifehacker.com/5809331/what-sugar-actually-does-to-your-brain-and-body

Childhood Obesity Info

Here is an excellent website from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation about the issue of childhood obesity. Some of you are researching this topic for a hidden object game. Check it out!

http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/program-areas/childhood-obesity.html

Childhood Obesity

For those researching obesity there are some very good statistics, facts, and causes about childhood obesity at this site.

http://www.epidemicobesity.com/