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Obesity in Children | ENG 122

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English Composition (ENG 122)

   

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ENG 122 - The following paper discusses Childhood obesity. It refers to the condition whereby there is excess fat which poses significant health challenges to the child. It includes causes of obesity, prevalence rate, and the impacts caused due to overweight in children. Potential health problems have been observed to include development of type 2 diabetes, eating disorders and more.

Obesity in Children | ENG 122

   

The University of Arizona

   

English Composition (ENG 122)

   Added on 2020-03-13

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UNIVERSITY:NAME :STUDENT ID:COURSE CODE COURSE NAMEASSIGNMENT Obesity In Children: A Rising In Health Concern
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Obesity In Children: A Rising In Health ConcernIntroductionChildhood obesity refers to the condition whereby there is excess fat which poses significant health challenges to the child. It’s diagnosed with measurements of BMI. Normal estimates for BMI among children vary with age and sexual orientations. According to Fleming et al., (2014), BMI above the 85th percentile is defined as overweight while that equal to or greater to 95th percentile is referred to as obesity. The rising cases of overweight children globally are disturbing and have caused serious health problems which have spilled over to social issues. Overweight children are highly likely to be teased by their peers and end up developing low self esteem. Overweight issues and obesity among children have proven to be an important factor in the long term health status of children later in future. It predisposes children to insulin resistance, a curse of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, liver and renal diseases development. Prevalence ratesInternational data reporting on childhood obesity variation and accuracy is less than optimal. According to study by Hamid, Islam & Rey, (2014) the prevalence of child hood obesity was 10% in 77% of the countries analyzed. Highest rates of childhood occurrence were seen in state of Malta which had 25.4% and the US which had 25.1% among states, Sweden’s state had lower occurrences of childhood obesity for adolescence. Race and ethnicity have been found to have an impact on the rates of obesity among children. Cuban, American and Native American preschoolers have been found to have an impact of high prevalence of childhood obesity. Interestingly, 25% of black adolescents are obese.Gender parity has been observed with occurrence of obesity. Females are more likely tobe obese more than the females. Adolescence obesity has a predictive value high that, 80% ofchildhood teens continue to be obese till their adulthood. Obesity has been observed to occurring at specific periods in time especially when the children are ages 5-7 years old, (Levitan et al., 2015). Causes of obesityChildhood obesity has been linked wide range of factors as causative factors, (Ogden etal., 2014). The obesogenic environment has been used to refer to mix of factors which an impact of health state of the children. Often the greatest risk for obesity in child hood is the obesity of the parents. A review done in 2010 revealed that obesity often occurs as a result of interaction of natural selection with more concern for more energy dense food, which are a 2
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