Khodaveisi, M., Omidi, A., Farokhi, S., & Soltanian, A. R. (2017) define obesity as the accumulation of excessive levels of fats, which eventually poses health complications. A person is considered overweight when he or she adds about 20 percent over a healthy weight. Notably, a person becomes obese when his or her BMI ranges between 25 and 29.9 (Skinner, Ravanbakht, Skelton, Perrin, & Armstrong, 2018). In the US, Obesity is considered a national pandemic. The obesity level in the country is growing at a higher rate, especially among teenagers. In the country, approximately 13.7 million children between 2 and 19 are obese, accounting for 18.5 percent of the total population. According to the CDC, 20.6 percent among children from 12 to 19 years old, 18.4 percent on children between 6 and 11 years old, and 13.9 percent among children between 2 and 5 years (Skinner. et al. 2018). Compared to the White Non-Hispanic and non-Latino population, obesity is more prevalent among African Americans and the native. One of the causes of obesity among children is poor nutrition behaviors. According to (Skinner. et al.
