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