If you want to see the face of the obese child in the United States, take a look at children in kindergarten through seventh grade. More and more these obese and overweight children ages 6 to 12 can have the added complications of autism, ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder, ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, asthma, chronic illness, digestion and behavioral disorders, eczema, ear/nose/throat infections, food intolerances and impaired cognitive function.

As a Nutritionist and Diet Coach in private practice for over a decade Mattie Mola is a specialist in children’s weight normalization. She has worked with hundreds of parents and their offspring. More and more children in these cases are coming from families with a history of disorders such as anxiety, depression, irritability, chronic fatigue, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, chronic constipation, and more. She has seen the faces of these obese, overweight, compromised children everyday for years.

Parents who come for help want to raise children who are healthy within a weight range that’s pediatrician approved. Other parents want to reverse the overweight in their children and prevent it from growing into obesity. Still others come because their children: sleep fitfully, are susceptible to every illness making the rounds at school, have dark under eye circles, suffer from foggy thinking, hard-to-pass stools, fatigue, and more. While it might sound real simple to eat healthier and exercise more, the reality is much more challenging for these families. Proven solutions are readily available in the book Pedia Trim & Fit: Reclaiming Overweight Children. It provides the information and tools that parents need to develop an environment conducive for healing – not just suppressing – syndromes in the most natural way for their children.

The majority of children aged 6 to 12 who are obese or overweight and may have further complications, live and eat at home. They come from every socio-economic level and every ethnic background. They may be members of single parent households, or two parent households. They may be growing up in the same household with skinny siblings or their siblings might be overweight, too. Childhood obesity may be a reflection of less evolved habits modeled by parents or caregivers. It can be a response to frustrating emotional issues. The obese child is most often results from a combination of factors and complications.