America's top sports organizations are fueling the childhood obesity epidemic by promoting fast food and sodas, researchers claim. More than three quarters of food products and half of beverages sponsored by the leagues most popular among American children are unhealthy, a new study declares. More than one in three American children and teens are overweight or obese, and the rate of childhood obesity has tripled since the 1970s. Childhood obesity is now the number one health concern among parents in the US, topping drug abuse and smoking. The findings revealed that 76 percent of food products are unhealthy and 52.4 percent of beverages are sugar sweetened across all of the sports-organization sponsored advertisements.

Source: Daily Mail March 26, 2018 15:59 UTC