Parents today have a huge problem on their hands. The world is currently experiencing the worst epidemic of childhood obesity.
Developed countries are the hardest hit, but it is also affecting developing nations, like Guyana, where fast food restaurants and the video games craze has resulted in much inactivity.
That is the bad news.
Here is the good news: as parents or adult relatives, we have the power to do something about it, starting with the child or children closest to us.