Monday, October 24, 2011

CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF OBESITY


These are some Causes and Effects of Obesity:
Causes:
1.    Some causes  for putting on extra weight at a very young age can be traced to the modern day lifestyle or genetically triggered phenomena. In this fast life people don't have the time to prepare healthy foods.
2.    
    Physical activities and weight gain have an inverse relationship; lesser the physical activity more will be the weight gain and vice versa. In this period of virtual gaming and television, children are hardly to be seen on the playground  .
3.     High calorie fast food has replaced the healthy diet and the absence of physical activity has just added .
4.     Children, today, prefer pizzas and burgers over nutrition’s , salad and fruit.
5.     In this period of virtual gaming and television, children are hardly to be seen on the playground.

 Effects:
1.     The effects of obesity in children can be divided into 2 categories; psychological effects and physical effects.
2.      The psychological effects include lowered self-esteem,depression,fear of being disliked by parents and friends or fear of being bullied by the other children.
3.      Although the physical problems for an obese child may start a bit late, but these include life-threatening conditions such as cardiovascular risks like heart failure or stroke.
4.      The chances of the child suffering from 2 type diabetes high blood pressure, high cholesterol in future may increase due to obesity.
5.      In this period of virtual gaming and television, children are hardly to be seen on the playground.    


         Information taken from Mayoclinic.com
         By Paula Tame  

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