Childhood Obesity: Health Concern, Prevention, and Complications
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This presentation discusses the health concern of childhood obesity, including its causes and consequences. It provides prevention strategies such as limiting sugary beverages, promoting healthy eating habits, and reducing screen time. The presentation also highlights the physical complications associated with childhood obesity, such as type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. Risk factors and references for further reading are also included.
Childhood Obesity: Health Concern, Prevention, and Complications
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www.postersession.com www.postersession.com Childhood obesity What is the health concern? Serious medical condition affecting children and adolescents (Sahoo et al. 2015) Children when over the normal weight for their age and height suffer from obesity Extra pounds contribute to mental and physical health issues Physical Complications: Type 2 diabetes •High blood pressure and high cholesterol •Metabolic syndrome putting children at risk of heart disorders, diabetes, high triglycerides, low HDL (Singer et al. 2017) •Asthma as well as sleep disorders •Bone fractures •Nonalcoholic fatty liver disorders resulting from fatty deposits and their buildup in the liver Emotional as well as social complications: •Low self-esteem from being bullied (Simmonds et al. 2016) •Develop behavioral and learning problems •Depression and anxiety Risk factors: Diet: eating high calorie foods and beverages Lack of exercises and sedentary lifestyles like mainly remaining indoors watching TV and playing online games Family factors where intake of high calorie foods or staying indoors are not discouraged Psychological stress where Personal, parental and family stress increase risk on obesity Socio-economic factors like low income, low education , low socioeconomic status and others (Baidal et al. 2016) Prevention: •Limiting or avoiding the consumption of sugar- sweetened beverages by the children •Eating meals as the family •Providing plenty of fruits as well as the vegetables •Limiting eating out like in the fast food centers (Mueller et al. 2015) •Teaching the child in making healthier choices •Adjusting portion sizes appropriate according to age •Limiting the screen time on television to less than two hours for children older than two years old •Making sure that the child gets enough sleep (Llewellyn et al. 2016) References: •Sahoo, K., Sahoo, B., Choudhury, A.K., Sofi, N.Y., Kumar, R. and Bhadoria, A.S., 2015. Childhood obesity: causes and consequences.Journal of family medicine and primary care,4(2), p.187. •Simmonds, M., Llewellyn, A., Owen, C.G. and Woolacott, N., 2016. Predicting adult obesity from childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta‐ analysis.Obesity reviews,17(2), pp.95-107. •Singer, K. and Lumeng, C.N., 2017. The initiation of metabolic inflammation in childhood obesity.The Journal of clinical investigation,127(1), pp.65-73. •Wang, Y., Cai, L., Wu, Y., Wilson, R.F., Weston, C., Fawole, O., Bleich, S.N., Cheskin, L.J., Showell, N.N., Lau, B.D. and Chiu, D.T., 2015. What childhood obesity prevention programmes work? A systematic review and meta‐analysis.Obesity reviews,16(7), pp.547-565.
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