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PHILADELPHIA (UPI) -- With the nation facing an obesity crisis, health experts
are now reportedly accusing the baby stroller industry of contributing to
pediatric obesity. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports what is upsetting some
health care and physical education experts is the trend of using strollers well
beyond the toddler years instead of getting children into the habit of walking.
The Inquirer noted once the province of babies, buggies are becoming conveyances
for older children.
Strollers traditionally were used for children from infancy to about 36 months
of age. But today, many strollers are designed to carry children through age 4
and even beyond, while increasing weight limits to as much as 50 pounds. Jane
Clark, chairwoman of kinesiology at the University of Maryland, told the
Inquirer "All you have to do is walk around a fair or mall, and you see
older and older children in strollers. ... If we overuse (strollers), children
are not going to be as physically active." Clark said she views strollers
for heftier loads as part of a larger phenomenon of "containerizing"
children "I think we're overly protective. We've taken a lot of physical
play away because we think it's unsafe."
