[citation][nom]bystander[/nom]"Prior to the smartphone epidemic, child-based injury rates had steadily declined since the 1970s thanks to safer playgrounds to baby gates to plugging plastic caps into electrical sockets. But the sudden rise of injuries and the sudden rise in smartphone ownership seemingly point to distracted parents who are now spending too much time texting, playing mobile games, and streaming dancing cats from YouTube."Don't forget the rise of obesity at least partially to blame for not letting kids play outside or do anything remotely physical.If kids are being encouraged to be more active than in the past, to help their physical well being, that could quite possibly be to blame as well, though they probably still have a point with distracted parents.[/citation]
obesity in toddlers? 1 - 2 year olds? I don't think that's really an issue, they could eat healthier but they've been eating gerber foods for a long long time.