1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites
Lifestyle

Healthy Waistlines - teaching children to keep off the pounds

03:20

This browser does not support the video element.

Michael BärApril 28, 2011

In Germany alone, 12 percent of three to six year olds are overweight. Reasons include genetics and psychology, but the most frequent causes are unhealthy diets, lack of exercise and parental behavior. We accompany some teenagers on a treatment program to teach them how to exercise and eat healthily.

Skip next section DW's Top Story

DW's Top Story

Skip next section More stories from DW