From The Dayton Daily News?..
Dayton-area faith leaders pledged Tuesday to join a national initiative to fight childhood obesity.
Faith United to End Childhood Obesity, a multi-denominational coalition organized by Save the Children?s Campaign for Healthy Kids, has joined with First Lady Michelle Obama?s ?Let?s Move!? campaign to focus on better nutrition and more physical activity to counteract increasing obesity and overweight among America?s youth. Dayton-area faith leaders came together at St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church in Kettering to kick off the initiative.
?It?s easy to comment on the problem. It?s easier to point the finger of blame,? said Bishop Craig S. High, pastor of Bethesda Temple Apostolic Church in Dayton. ?But what has to be done is to address the situation. That has to be done. We have to take action.?
In Montgomery County, about 24 percent of children ages 2 to 14 are obese, and about 11 percent of children under 5 enrolled in the county?s WIC program are considered obese, according to county health data. Nationally, a third of children are overweight or obese. High called it ?a grave situation.?
Ohio ranks 13th nationally for adult obesity, and a report released in September warned that almost 60 percent of adults in the state could be obese by 2030.
Obese children are more likely to grow into obese adults, said assistant U.S. Surgeon General Dr. James M. Galloway, a cardiologist, adding that health effects linked to obesity show up at early ages, including changes in heart health and the development of type 2 diabetes.
?As a cardiologist, when you see a child who comes in at 7 or 8 or 9 years old with obesity and secondary diabetes at that age, it?s pretty moving,? Galloway said.
Faith leaders have a long history of health advocacy, said Vincent DeMarco, national director of Faith United Against Childhood Obesity. Church leaders from across the nation came together to fight tobacco use, an effort that ended in a 2009 federal law giving the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products, he said.
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