childhood obesity

22 Sep 2010

When people have much more body fat than they need, then they are overweight or obese. And the reasons for that usually are:food choices ,lack of physical activity ,spending a lot of time on sedentary pursuits ,and genetics.The problem of obesity occur not only in Australia,but also in many countries ,like the United States, the United Kingdom .
Furthermore, the main issue which make worse the obesity problem is changing society ,for example:

• the assess of cars has increased
• energy-dense foods and drinks has rised
• eating food away from home has populared
• the role of physical curriculum in the school has reduced

And the obesity do have an impact on children health,Overweight or obese children are more likely to remain obese as adolescents and become overweight or obese adults. About 80 per cent of obese adolescents will become obese adults.

Moreover,the other impact on children are that,obese children would feel low self-esteem ,and the obese children may also being effected on the developmentof the friendship and the competency at school.

when children are suffering from being obese,they can try to change their lifestyle and dietary patterns,in order to maintain a healthy weight .