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Growing girth: Childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem in Utah

My daughter is dating, Henry, and I must tell you that he is a very quiet, observant, kind young man as described in this article.
Meeting his parents was very pleasant, and not because of the relationship between Henry and my daughter, but because I felt the honesty and sincerity from them and saw it in their eyes.
My heart goes out to Henry and his family in trying to meet the substantial medical costs in literally keeping Henry alive, and yet, whatever little way I can "serve my fellowman," doesn't seem enough, in my mind and eyes. I pray for this wonderful family of love, honesty and caring.
Once you get to know Henry, you'll come to understand how his the kindness of his heart outweighs his size.
Thank you, Henry, for being the gentleman you always are with my daughter, and making her happy. Wherever your path of life takes you to, Henry, "go with confidence and never let the words, CAN'T or DON'T be a part of your vocabulary." This is America...you can do ANYTHING(within the legal boundaries, of course).

Ia Manuia le Kerisimasi ma le Tausaga fou, aiga o Fa'amoana.

For me, my opinion of child obesity is that it can be prevented. I know that weight problems can be genetic but also, the parents can control what they and their young child puts in their mouth and eats, have more physical activity. For example, my kid would be on the game 7 days a week if I let him or didn’t control his time spent on the Internet. But over my dead body!!! I limit my child to 1 hour per day of total screen time for games and 2 hours on the weekends, plus whatever time he need for homework. I control/limit the amount of time he spent online with the help of Ez Internet Timer. Since then he began to spend more time with his friends, play football and lost some weight.