Children's Nutrition and Fitness Research "Camp" is Underway

The ICIR is currently in its second week of a children's nutrition and fitness research "camp" intended to collect data on media-related precursors to childhood obesity and to educate children on how to live a healthy lifestyle.  Based on the pilot data from this camp, the ICIR plans to develop a research plan to help identify the factors that are most likely to contribute to a child's likelihood to become obese.  Childhood obesity is a growing concern in the United States, with 17% of all children aged 2 years to 18 years old being considered "obese" (CDC, 2009).  Recent data has indicated that adult obesity in the state of Alabama is 32.2%, meaning that nearly one out of every three adults is obese (CDC, 2011).