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Changing social, economic conditions and stressful urban lifestyle has caused an abnormal rise in many health disorders. Obesity is one such disorder which is on the rise.
The World Health Organization defines Obesity as “a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health...
According to growing research, inadequate sleep might act as a trigger of childhood obesity. Other than this, medical studies have also found that individuals skimping on their sleep during childhood have experienced weight gain in the later part of their lives. According to the current statistics, the cases of childhood obesity have increased by as much as three times in the last 30 years. This has...
Statistics suggest that as high as 33% of children in the United States are victims of obesity. Child obesity invites a number of diseases; it makes a child more susceptible towards developing chronic health conditions like depression, hypertension and type-2 diabetes. Although many medical experts believe that child obesity is primarily caused by problems related to lifestyle like leading a sedentary...
Childhood obesity ends up inviting a number of critical health problems. The most common ones among them are:
Metabolic disorders: Obese children are at higher risk of developing insulin resistance, which might affect a child as part of metabolic syndromes; at times insulin resistance can also take the shape of type-2 diabetes. Children who get type-2 diabetes become more susceptible towards developing...
Experts believe that emotional distress can be a major contributing factor of obesity. This is more evident for obesity among the young children and teenagers. Young kids always seek attention from the parents; the teenagers on the other hand need immediate guidance for all their queries. For meeting all these needs of the children, presence of either of the parents in the home is extremely essential,...
For many people, obesity is nothing but looking overweight; while for some, it is accumulation of more than required calories in the body. While both these connotations hold true, they still do not form the complete definition of teenage obesity. In our looks-dominated community, a majority of people are of the opinion that obesity or looking too fat is only a matter of appearance. However, this is...
A few days back, mom and I sat around, armed with a cup of coffee. The conversation soon drifted back to our past. We kept reminiscing about the years gone by and the things we’d done. As mom and I were talking about some of the games that my sister and I used to play as kids, we had an awestruck child watch and listen over us – my niece. She’d never heard of half of these games; and how would...
When it comes to the parents of the over 25 million obese kids in the whole of U.S.A, there is a common dilemma. If you have a kid who is fat, she probably knows it too. Her classmates, perhaps, give her a tough time about it anyway. She probably thinks that her clothes are a little too tight. So you have to be extremely compassionate when you broach the topic, so that you give her the right ideas...
You always knew that weight is an issue that threatens to take over your child’s health; but did you know the kind of impact it could have on various parts of your child’s body?
Weight could have a significant emotional and social impact on a child’s health; but the medical impact could be even worse. Lifelong medical issues could crop up because of your child’s grappling with obesity.
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If your kid ends up spending a lot of time in front of the television, it goes without saying that he/she is a couch potato; and this increases his/her susceptibility to childhood obesity. This may seem like we’re stating the obvious, doesn’t it?
The reasoning behind this statement, however, would surprise you.
Most reports in the past have claimed that children who tend to spend a lot of time...
Before you know it, your child’s weight issues may make the transition from, ‘He’s a chubby looking kid’ to a ‘That child is obese’. This transition might sometimes shock you with how rapidly it makes the shift. If your family has a history of diabetes or obesity, then your child might just be at a risk of obesity at an earlier age. Plus, if this is the case, then you better talk to your...
Childhood obesity is one of the biggest concerns of the American government. The rates of obese children have seen a sharp rise in the last 2 decades, and the trend is troubling. Morbid obesity just adds fuel to the fire and ends up causing concern for everyone around the child.
The best place for treatment, or even prevention in some cases, would be at home. The parents and family of the child can...
There is a new ‘O’ word that is not to be mentioned in front of the children. It is ‘obesity’. Schools and authorities are sending letters out to parents of fat children, and are referring to their cases as being ‘clinically overweight’. This is being done so as to not upset the parents of these children. It’s almost as if obesity is the new cancer. You cannot mention the word; it’s...
Childhood obesity is turning out to be quite the epidemic in America. If statistics are to be believed, around 9 million children in America have already been affected. That will equate to around 15% of the entire child-population of the nation. These kids (we’re talking ages 6 to 11) are not just overweight. They’re ‘considerably’ overweight. The number of children suffering...
