Childhood obesity is becoming the #1 preventable disease amongst children in the world. Despite this, the needle continues to move in the wrong direction. Why? And how can we fix it?

Matt Young is a lifelong health and fitness proponent and founder of Innovative Fitness. He is an advocate of physical literacy in the home, at school and throughout society. Email: matt@innovativefitness.com

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx