The prevalence of obesity among adolescents in the United States (US) remains a serious public health problem, as over one-third of children aged 6–19 years are overweight (BMI-for-age > 85th percentile) or obese (BMI-for-age > 95th percentile) (Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2014). The high rate of obesity is associated with immediate adverse health consequences such as asthma (Sutherland, 2008), sleep Solithromycin (Sutherland, 2008), decreased insulin sensitivity (D\'Adamo & Caprio, 2011), and psychosocial problems (negative body image (Vander Wal & Mitchell, 2011), smaller social networks (Puder & Munsch, 2010), and decreased quality of life (Forste & Moore, 2012)). In the long term, obese children are inflammation at a higher risk for hyperlipidemia (Franssen, Monajemi, Stroes, & Kastelein, 2011), nonalcoholic fatty liver (Han, Lawlor, & Kimm, 2010), orthopedic skeletal abnormalities (Jannini, Doria-Filho, Damiani, & Silva, 2011), and metabolic syndrome (Van Villet et al., 2011).
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