| Childhood obesity is a worrying trend that needs to be | | | | Exercise is a great way to lose weight, but it does |
| addressed as urgently as possible. Overweight children | | | | tends to get boring. However, there is a way to get |
| not only suffer from all kinds of health problems, they | | | | overweight kids to exercise while empowering them |
| are invariably the targets of bullying in school and | | | | with self confidence and a definite sense of |
| generally occupy the lowest rung of the social ladder | | | | achievement - through training in the Martial Arts. |
| among their peers. Telling an obese child to control his | | | | Learning martial arts is an excellent way to lose |
| her food intake or to substitute high calorie snacks with | | | | weight, build stamina, learn self discipline and develop a |
| healthier ones is a pointless task - all it does is hammer | | | | positive sense of self and the advantages of this type |
| home the point to the child that you think he/she is | | | | of training cannot be overstated. |
| lacks self control. | | | | |