The estimated percentage of US children aged 2 to 5 years and 6 to 11 years classified as overweight increased from 5.0 % and 6.5 %
in 1980 to 10.4 % and 19.6 %, respectively,
in 2007 -2008.1-3 The increase
in childhood obesity was also observed among those aged 6 to 23
months, from 7.2 %
in 1980 to 11.6 %
in 2000.1 Given the numerous health risks related to childhood obesity,4 - 7 its prevention is becoming a public health priority.8 It has been reported that feeding practices affect growth and body
composition in the first year of life, with breastfed infants gaining
less rapidly
than formula - fed infants.9 - 14 There is also evidence that breastfed infants continue to have a low risk for later childhood obesity.15 - 18
Whereas her paintings on canvas usually involve
months of struggle before a
composition is complete, the paintings on paper liberate Jaffe to work more quickly and spontaneously, resulting
in a refreshing immediacy that is no
less impactful
than the canvas works.