Managing Childhood Obesity

Managing Childhood Obesity
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Health impacts of obesity
 I agree with the topic that managing childhood obesity is a key to reduce obesity in adults
as obesity has become the major concern for the people
 Obesity cause a lot of damages to the health of both men and women
 The main diseases like hypertension, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, asthma,
cancer, and back pain can be caused by obesity
 Obesity can lead to the mental disorder of the adults which affects the life of the adults
 From the evidence, it has been observed that mood disorder, low self-esteem, eating
problems, interpersonal communication issues, and impaired body damage affect the
quality of the life of the persons (Simmonds, Llewellyn, Owen & Woolacott, 2016)
 It has also been stated in the research that the risk of poorer sexual health has been
increased due to the presence of obesity in men as well as women
 Management of childhood obesity is crucial to control obesity and thus, reduce obesity in
grownups
 In preventing childhood obesity, the adults played a major role which also leads to reduce
the obesity among them (Tremblay et al., 2016)
 As we know, obese children continue to be obese as adults if obesity in children is not
managed early
 Diet and lifestyle of the children are highly affected due to obesity, and it also influenced
the parents or adults
 It can be easy for the obese children to achieve healthy life if the adults adopt healthy
lifestyle
 Childhood obesity could be managed by encouraging the children to participate in the
physical activities and limit the amount of watching television (Gurnani, Birken &
Hamilton, 2015)
 I agreed with the topic because childhood obesity in not only the problem of the
individual child but also the issue of the whole family
 The habits or lifestyles of the adults can be the cause of increasing obesity in both
children and adults
 The adults as well as children required to increase their physical activities and lead a
healthy lifestyle by eating healthy diet to prevent obesity