| The prevalence of weight issues among the | | | | gastric bypass surgery only reinforces the |
| tweenage generation has prompted debates | | | | necessity to explore this issue. Schools often |
| between schools, parents, food giants and kids. | | | | serve as the scapegoat because of their |
| The blame game is often played while our youth | | | | documented unhealthy offering of food choices. |
| continue to tip the scales. This hot topic of | | | | Yet parents can set bad examples themselves by |
| Adolescent Obesity is the subject for the current | | | | indulging in junk food and failing to closely monitor |
| episode of Teen Talk, an online video | | | | their child's eating habits. At such impressionable |
| commentary feature hosted by former | | | | years such as the tweenage ones, the |
| Nickelodeon hostess Chloe Dolandis. Teen Talk is a | | | | responsibility for maintaing healthy lifestyles for |
| subsidiary of Kidfluence, an up-and-coming | | | | our kids is a collaborative effort. |
| television show and Web site for today's youth, | | | | In this current Teen Talk episode, Chloe presents |
| tackling topics critical to the development of | | | | the facts about adolescent obesity, analyzes what |
| today's teenagers. | | | | parents, schools and kids should be doing and |
| Obesity used to be looked at as only an adult | | | | offers a few tips. Teen Talk, which caters to |
| issue, but with the rising statistics of overweight | | | | today's technology savvy teenagers, is meant to |
| kids, this is a far greater problem than imagined. | | | | be highly interactive. |
| The fact that more kids today are having radical | | | | |