Childhood Obesity In Our Youth

Seeing a child abused is one of the worst sights a mother can endure, so why is allowing your child to become obese any different? Childhood obesity is on the rise as well as adulthood obesity so why are we all concentrating on adults getting slimmer when it should be children that are our main focus. An obese child is something that cannot go unaddressed. The child will have some serous problems in his life if he does not loose this weight. He will be unhappy and unfit for the rest of his life if no one takes charge. After all how is he supposed to know any different, he is a child. No, it is the parents responsibility to make sure that the child gets and remains functionaly fit!



A child is less likely to be obese due to personal health problems and although genetics plays an important part in his obesity it is the lifestyle of his family that contributes most to his disease. To be straightforward, most childhood obesity stems from an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise. Although in this day and age being overweight is nothing of a surprise with junk food, takeaways and sweets everywhere you go and convenience, not health, is on everyone’s mind! Not to mention that most children would rather sit in and watch television or play their console games than go out and play! Exercise is no longer a part of children’s daily routine, they are lucky if they get an hour of exercise at school and at home, it is non existent. The National Diet and Nutrition survey not long ago showed that 40-69% of children did not get even the one hour a day exercise that is recommended and there is concern that this number has increased.



Childhood obesity can be addressed if worked on from a young age. As parents we do not want to have to watch our children getting bullied at school for being grossly overweight, or getting operations to prevent them from eating as much. We need to show our children to eat sensibly and we need to get them active. Most children copy examples from their parents so if we were to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables then there is no reason why they would not do the same. To help prevent childhood obesity try to eliminate a lot of the junk food in the house and replace it with nutritional foods such as fruit, and low fat alternatives.



As well as an increasing mortality, childhood obesity adds to the likelihood of contracting chronic diseases. We need to and can prevent this, we need to show our children that being overweight and inactive is not the life that they should be living! As parents we must buckle down and get our children to eat properly or else obesity will lead us all into a healthcare disaster.

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