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"Now, instead of sitting at home watching cartoons, we're here at the Y," said Giaimo of DeLand.

Parents are welcome to work out alongside their children in the Kids Shape-Up class.

The running, jumping, stretching, circuit training and weight training are working for both mother and daughter.

Cayla's jeans are getting so loose that she has accused her mother of wearing them and stretching them out.

Giaimo may not fit in her daughter's jeans yet, but she is pleased with results since they have started the class.

"I know I'll never be skinny-skinny," Giaimo says, laughing, "but it's nice to see everything not jiggling." The Giaimos are far from alone in fighting fat.

Obesity is a serious health issue for children.

The rate of obesity in the United States has more than doubled for preschoolers and adolescents, and it has more than tripled for children ages 6 to 11 during the past 30 years, according to MayoClinic.com.

Diane Allen, a registered dietitian at Halifax Medical Center, attributes the childhood obesity trend to several factors.

School cutbacks in physical education and working parents' busy schedules make it difficult to combat obesity.

"Increased TV and computer use causes kids to be inactive," Allen said.

A decrease in healthful family dinners at home, outrageous portion sizes in restaurants and children's consumption of soda and juice also contribute, she said.

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"If that happens, perhaps we can devise treatments or therapies to prevent the disorder in the first place," he said.

Would that spell an end to abnormal behavior?

Hardly, answered Watson.

"New pathologies are always emerging.

Our environment constantly encourages people to get into trouble in new and different ways." Put another way, nobody is devoid of at least a few minor psychological quirks or emotional eccentricities.

Any person who is utterly and absolutely normal probably is not.

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