Juvenile obesity - Nice and chubby ?

If during past years all mothers wanted their children to be chubby, nowadays, due to the alarming obesity rate and the problems it brings about, the perspective has changed.
Lately, people became more and more aware of the inevitable dangers obesity causes. It is a known fact that if it not kept under control and cut from its roots, infantile obesity can lead to more serious problems.
Due to the unhealthy lifestyle (such as: fast food, sweets, smoking, drinking etc.) there is an alarming number of children whose weight is above the normal limits.
Medical researches have stated that parents should make sure their children have a weight within the normal limits since the first months of their lives. Statistics show that every year 400.000 children become overweight.
Parents should know that they play an important role in fighting against this more an more prominent problem. Those who are too permissive with their children and do not impose strict rules regarding their eating habits and their lifestyle should know that their children are threatened by obesity.
If we love our children we should create for them a rational lifestyle based on a healthy diet accompanied by physical exercises.