Obesity is a global nutritional concern and leads to horrible consequences on our children and becomes a worldwide pandemic. Children require at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day. Worldwide estimates of obesity are as high as 43 million, and rates continue to increase each year. A good physical education teacher can help your child develop skills in a sport that can result in an appreciation and enjoyment that can help him avoid obesity his entire life. Download file to see previous pages School cafeterias are obliged to offer healthy food choices. This is the underlying principle of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), started in 1946. Numerous studies such as by the CDC estimate that one five school When your child stays active during his childhood years, he may be more likely to stay active through walking, running, swimming or playing on an intramural sports team as he goes to college and enters the work force. Childhood obesity occurs when children have excess body fat in relation to their body index as a result of the adoption of unhealthy eating behavior at an early age, making them clinically unhealthy. In this study, people will find healthy tips to prevent childhood overweight or obesity to help children in our communities One of the ways that schools can help children to understand the basics of good health and maintain a fit body is by teaching them skills that help them maintain a healthy lifestyle (O’Dea, & Michael 4). As little as 20 minutes of exercise or physical education three times a week could go a long way in reducing childhood obesity According to the School of Public Health at Harvard University, there are several things schools can do to address childhood obesity amongst students. Schools can help prevent obesity by offering higher quality and more active physical education-for all grades, every day-and by promoting physical activity throughout the school day. This paper discusses how schools can help eliminate the problem of childhood obesity. Obesity in childhood causes a wide range of serious complications, and increases the risk of premature illness and death later in life, raising public-health concerns.” (Ebbeling, Pawlak & Ludwig, 2002 p.471) Currently in the Australian community and schools there is an obesity epidemic in young people with many children doing less and less physical activity then advised. Childhood obesity Obesity among children has become one of the greatest health challenges in the world.