Obesity Among Children Issues 2022

Running head: OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN
OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN
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Introduction:
Obesity is an important epidemic in public health around the world, and it is growing in
adults and children alike. The risk factors of diabetes, cancer, cardio -vascular disease, and pre-
mature death includes obesity and overweight. Obesity grows simply if energy consumption is
higher than energy consumption (Skinner & Skelton, 2014). In fact, obesity develops. While the
danger of oversize and obesity plays a significant part in nutrition and physical activity, sleep can
be another risk factor. The high blood pressure and abnormal fasting glucose level and, in the
long run, often leads to adulthood are linked with obesity and severe obesity in children and
youth (Carson et al., 2016). The most current estimate for child and teenage obesity in the USA
is 17 per cent, based on information in the years 2011 to 2014 (Ogden et al., 2014). Obesity in
children and teenagers is described on a Body mass Index (BMI), which is calculated as
kilogram weight separated by height by meters squaring (Ogden et al., 2014). Many factors are
associated with obesity and overweight in children. Evidence indicates, in conjunction to
overweight trends and obesity, the consumption of sugar sweetened drinks (SSBs) (Keller &
Bucher Della Torre, 2015). Presently SSBs are the main cause of added sugar in children's and
adolescent diets for 10 to 15 per cent of youth's caloric consumption. About 25 per cent of US
teenagers consume more than 750 mL of SSBs per day, representing over 350 calories (Keller &
Bucher Della Torre, 2015). Some epidemiological trials found associations with obesity for both
brief or long sleep and a connection between sleep length and obesity. Sleep performs a
significant role in human health, like physical activity and diet. Several studies have shown links
between short sleep and health issues (Wu et al., 2017).

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Therefore, the main goal and aim of this article is to discuss the trends in obesity and
overweight among children with respect to the above mention risk factors (Sleep, consumption
of sugary drinks) in the following sections.
Thesis Statement:
“The incidence of obesity and overweight has grown globally and achieved alarming proportions
among adolescents and teenagers”.
Analysis:
Trends of obesity among children: Child and adolescent obesity trends vary by age. Over the era
of roughly 25 years, the incidence of obesity has risen up to the year 2003-2004 and then
declined among children between 2 to 5 years of age. The incidence rose until 2007–2008 among
children aged 6 to 11 years and was then enhanced (Ogden et al., 2014). Between 1988–94 and
2013–2014, teenagers between 12 and 19 years of age enhanced obesity incidence. There was no
change in the incidence of severe obesity among children 2 to 5 years of age between 1988-1994
and 2013–2014, whereas the incidence rose between 6 and 11 years of age and teenagers 12 to
19 years of age. Results of inconsistent findings have been found in studies of obesity patterns in
American adolescents. Results based on the Youth Risk Compliance Monitoring (YRBS) found
that the prevalence for obesity was considerably increased linearly based on self-reported weight
and height between 1999 and 2013 (Ogden et al., 2014). NHANES reported an increase in the
prevalence among teenagers between 1999 and 2014 similar to those reported by YRBS between
1999 and 2012. This study showed no significant changes between 2005–2006 and 2013–2014.
Data from electronic health reports in southern California, on the other hand, showed a
substantial drop in the incidence of obesity (4.5 percent) among teenagers between 2008 and