Dr. Erick Fisher is a state of Georgia Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a private practice located in Lawrenceville, GA. He has been featured in the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, and Cosmopolitan, to name a few; not to mention being featured on CNN Radio, Paging Dr. Gupta, HLN Radio, Fox 5, etc. In addition, He has two published books, “The Art of Managing Everyday Conflict: Understanding Emotions and Power Struggles,” and “The Art of Empowered Parenting: The Manual You Wish Your Kids Came With.”

Dr. Fisher, aka, Dr. E, has enabled countless adults, children, families and couples. He has helped them to originate positive relationships and outlooks on life as well. Bringing his message of power, empowerment, emotion, and the human spirit to the world is Fisher’s ultimate goal.

Fisher is a source on the topic of the effects of academic and social development between physically active and non-active youth because he also has minor in sports phycology, and because his expert opinion is widely respected.

A Professional Viewpoint on Child Obesity, Chronic Illness, Physical Inactivity and the Reasons Why from Robin Hamilton on Vimeo.

Chronic illness and childhood obesity have been blamed for many things such as poor parenting, bad eating habits, physical inactivity, etc. Although there are many contributing factors, sports psychology introduces a different approach as illustrated by Dr. Fisher. According to the Centers for Disease Control, (CDC), obesity now affects 17% of all children and adolescents in the United States – triple the rate from just one generation ago. Fisher discusses his theory behind why childhood obesity and chronic illness have a relationship with physical activity or the lack there of.

People born between the years of 1994 and 2004 have been labeled as generation, “Z.” or the lazy generation. In an article written on October 13, 2013 in the Huff Post entitled, “ Generation Z Teens Stereotyped As ‘Lazy and Unaware,’ Gen Z is often portrayed as being less engaged in politics; they have short attention spans and don’t care about the weighty issues that confront their generation and the nation; and they’re more interested in technology and celebrity than staying active in their communities and schools.

Could this be a direct result of not being physically active in sports or other after school activities?

Dr. Fisher offers some profound insight into his theory as to why generation Z may be behaving in this manner.

Although there is much speculation, many believe that being physically inactive or practicing poor eating habits supports a wide variety of negative behaviors that can explain academic under development, chronic illnesses, and child obesity.

Dr. Fisher believes there is a deeper explanation.