Childhood Obesity : Health Risks of Childhood Obesity
Currently, more focused public awareness on childhood obesity and health risks associated with childhood obesity problems. This is certainly not a secret that obesity in children has grown rapidly to become serious problems, and now referred to as a national epidemic. What’s more, today’s children are obese healthy adults tomorrow: the next generation faces many problems with hypertension, Diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other serious medical condition stemming from childhood obesity. Thus, increased awareness and focus on child obesity is a good beginning, and much to be done when it comes to battling childhood obesity.
Overweight children frequently grow up and become adults with significant weight issues. Children suffering from obesity have already developed negative eating habits and poor exercise habits which are carried through into their adulthood. This makes such children more susceptible to a whole host of health risks. One quarter of all American children are struggling with being overweight and are also struggling with issues related to childhood obesity. Many children that develop obesity also develop Diabetes of the type II variety. Formerly an issue that was far more prominent in older people, children are also now developing this form of diabetes, too. Type II Diabetes is also identified as non insulin dependent Diabetes.
Childhood obesity can increase the chances that a child will develop issues with asthma, and obesity can further complicate existing asthmatic issues. Experts are now finding that there may be a link between the onset of asthma and obesity. Further, since extra weight strains the body physically, it can also strain the already weakened respiratory system of the child suffering from asthma and asthmatic attacks.
Childhood obesity is also an issue that can have deeply negative effects on a child psychologically. While being overweight may cause issues with the child’s self esteem, confidence, and self perception, the very same issues with weight can later lead to issues with mood disorders and depression, too. Obese children have far more difficulty participating in normal, healthy childhood activities including sports and recreational pursuits. Obesity can cause children to miss out on many of the positive things children are meant to enjoy with relative ease. These same children will develop into teenagers with difficulties socializing and dating as well.
Children who are obese also face problems when they become obese adults. Poor eating habits and exercise all the children and the life of his child became an adult, which continues to struggle with weight issues. The problem can even be passed to children and grandchildren so that the problems with making weight control a generation. Overweight as adults, each faces the onslaught of health problems including additional associated with the development of heart disease, and the potential risk of stroke, and gastrointestinal problems. Obese adults also have problems with the development and / or exacerbation of Arthritis. Finally, obese adults more vulnerable to developing high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and some types of cancer, fatty liver disease, and too Gallbladder disease.
Posted at April 18, 2009, Filed Under
