The term baby fat appears to be taking on a whole new meaning.
A comprehensive report card released Tuesday from advocacy group Active Healthy Kids Canada says that children as young a year old are becoming "dangerously physically inactive," with less than half of children under five getting the recommended two hours of physical activity a day.
The result, says the report, is that 15 per cent of two to five-year-olds are now classified as overweight, and six per cent are obese — with heavy children four times more likely to be overweight in adulthood.
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