Smoke's Place, Inc. today announced a series of obesity awareness, management and prevention seminars for youth. Designed as motivational sessions for children and adolescents, each seminar can also be customized to accommodate the needs of a diverse range of audiences.

"Smoke's Place realizes the imperative to provide such a needed service since obesity adversely impacts an incredible amount of young people. According to just about every U.S. government agency that reports on health and disease, young children and adolescents are now developing health problems that used to be generally associated with adults and senior citizens." states Smokey Montgomery, President of Smoke's Place, Inc. The American Obesity Association reports that ?Approximately 30.3 percent of children (ages 6 to 11) are overweight and 15.3 percent are obese. For adolescents (ages 12 to 19), 30.4 percent are overweight and 15.5 percent are obese." The report also states "Diabetes, hypertension and other obesity-related chronic diseases that are prevalent among adults have now become more common in youngsters."

Montgomery continues, "Furthermore, instead of slowing down, increasing obesity in youth is a disturbing trend that is on the rise." According to yet another recent report1 "Overweight adolescents often become overweight adults, with an increased risk for a wide variety of poor health outcomes including diabetes, stroke, heart disease, arthritis and certain cancers.2, 3 The immediate consequences of overweight in childhood are often psychosocial but also include cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and the precursors to diabetes."

"Many youth, that I encounter, have no real clue about the immediate and later in life consequences of being overweight, never mind being obese. Part of the Smoke's Place mission is to shake them up a bit to make them face reality and then provide them with the good news there is a lot they can do to combat overweight and obesity. When they come to a Smoke's Place seminar, they will have fun while learning how to be healthy and live longer." concludes Montgomery.

For additional information, contact:
Contact Person

Smokey Montgomery
Company Name:

Smoke's Place, Inc.

Telephone Number
866-225-0412

Email Address

smokester@smokesplace.com

1. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2003. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

2. Serdula, M.K., Ivery, D., Coates, R.J., Freedman, D.S., Williamson, D.F., and Byers, T. (1993). Do obese children become obese adults? A review of the literature. Preventive Medicine, 22, 167-177.

3. Pi-Sunyer, F.X. (1991). Health complications of obesity. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 53, 15955-16035.

4. Dietz, W.H. (1998). Health consequences of obesity in youth: Childhood predictors of adult disease. Pediatrics, 105, 518-525.

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Smoke's Place, Inc. is a wellness business dedicated to helping people to be healthy and live longer. Smoke's Place, Inc. provides products, consulting services, workshops and seminars for emotional, mental, physical and spiritual wellness.