Although evidence
suggests that obesity rates are stabilizing
for children and adults, approximately 10% of children
become obese as early as age 2 to 5 years,
approximately 20.5% of children are obese by
adolescence (age 12–19 years), and 6.5% of children
age 12 to 19 years are severely obese (Ogden
et al., 2012; Skinner & Skelton, 2014)