This paper presents a study conducted on the increasing number of children classed as
overweight or obese The author examines
how childhood obesity most often lends to adulthood obesity, and how this may give rise to an immense public health
problem in the future. The specific aim of the research study is to find out the reasons for the existence of the problem of obesity among the children, to study the consequences of the problem on the physical and mental health of the individual and to propose different solutions to the problem.