Childhood Obesity: A Report on Risks, Comorbidities, and Future

This report addresses the escalating health crisis of childhood obesity, highlighting the alarming increase in related diseases once considered exclusive to adults. It explores the multifactorial risks associated with childhood obesity, including potential comorbidities such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and fatty liver disease. The report emphasizes the need for a different perspective on managing chronic diseases in children, advocating for a more specialized approach, similar to the distinction between 'Diabetes' and 'Juvenile Diabetes.' It underscores the importance of early diagnosis and intervention, given the potential long-term catastrophic effects of obesity. The report also touches upon the current guidelines and practices in the field of medicine, emphasizing the necessity for a synoptic view to guide future policy-making. The research aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the issue and offers insights for developing effective strategies to combat childhood obesity and its associated health challenges. The report concludes by suggesting that the findings can serve as a guideline for policymakers, promoting the development of effective strategies to combat childhood obesity and related health issues.

Introduction
The next stage of Childhood Obesity belongs to some diseases that were meant “for adults
only”, in the past. The truth behind this statement is scary. Almost three decades ago, heart
trouble, diabetes, fatty liver disease, and many more diseases were known as “diseases for
adults.” However, an increase in the number of patients of obesity among the kids subjected
them to multifactorial threats. The lost term effects caused by these threats can bring
catastrophe in the life of a kid. The current research program is an attempt to explore this new
emerging problem from a different point of view.
Principle of the distributive justice has some answers
On a hypothetical level, this research program is an attempt to explore a tentative thesis that
says “Childhood obesity is a health crisis growing at an alarming rate with multifactorial risks
that can continue on throughout adulthood. Some of these comorbidities could include Heart
Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, and Fatty Liver Disease. The severities of
these disorders need to be taken seriously, or the lost term effects could become
catastrophic”.
The principle of the distributive justice attached to medical science clearly says that devote
extra attention and energy when the chances of survival are the best for a subject. Based on
this universal principle, on a prima facie level, one can always make an assumption that
Childhood obesity and management of chronic diseases should be studied under a different
lens view. (Trinia 359).

The previous approaches developed by the regulatory authorities were confined to the
prevention of certain conditions. Rarely do we see a classification like “juvenile Diabetes “to
facilitate a course of remedies. There is a difference between “Diabetes” and “Juvenile
Diabetes.” The approach of a physician and diabetes expert changes drastically. However, it
is not happening in the case of problems like blood pressure and other conditions. There is an
absence of separate literature on the issue. (Barbour).
The gravity of the problem of obesity in a kid is still undermined by various experts.
Sometimes the diagnosis of obesity in a kid becomes difficult. It is a general notion that kids
follow a routine of “physical growth” during the age of formation and obesity can be treated
as a part and parcel of a biological phenomenon. Let’s substantiate it with the example of the
guidelines related to the high blood pressure, under the latest theories authorities brought
down the age of Hypertension to the level of 35. Theories related to it are in place; however,
the practice of many such theories at a large or universal scale is out of sight.
The findings of the literature review associated with the chronic disease, childhood obesity
and awareness levels of the medical experts and caregivers indicate towards an epidemic like
situation in the future (Jane).
Conclusion
Looking at it from a different perspective is the need of the hour; the current research
program is an attempt to develop a synoptic perspective about the issue. A detailed study in
connection with the existing practices in the field of medicine to cure chronic diseases caused
by obesity in the kids can become a guideline for the policymakers in the future. A research
program with an intention to develop a synoptic view over the issue is needed.

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