In 2007, a research team at John Hopkins University concluded that Americans across all age groups, genders and races are getting fatter, and if the trend continues, 75 percent of U.S. adults will be overweight by the year 2015. You may wonder, why will it increase so much by 2015? The answer lies not in adults, oldies, or gym trainers. It lies in our children. The future of our nation is looking obese.

According to Health News, 15 percent of children and adolescents ages 6-19 years are obese--and it's not getting any better. Nowadays, childhood obesity is an increasingly serious issue, with articles in newspapers on a daily basis. In chronological order, I give you obese America, according to the newspapers.

Recently, Health News published an article concluding that childhood obesity begins at infancy. The more weight the infant gains, the more likely this baby will be obese. It starts as early as three months.

Study after study, obesity facts are revealed to the public. The Huffington Post recently uncovered a striking new study revealing that almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese. Overall, more than half a million 4-year-olds are obese.

Healthday recently concluded that PE programs, though beneficial in many aspects of children's health, have no effect on childhood obesity. The reasoning was blamed on the programs, claiming they did not offer enough vigorous activity.

Another news article recently published in The New York Times addresses the issue of student obesity. The study, conducted by economists at the University of California and Columbia University, found that "ninth graders whose schools are within a block of a fast-food outlet are more likely to be obese than students whose schools are a quarter of a mile or more away." The more they have to walk or drive, the less likely they are to get that Big Mac.

Now that you are more aware and informed about childhood obesity, what do you think the causes are? Is our nation's food industry to blame?