Children And Teens Are Increasingly Becoming Obese ...

Childhood obesity is a major and constant problem in the United States and this has had professionals from every stripe confused and befuddled. Of course it does not help that just about anything sold in the US that is a sweet liquid contains copious amounts of high fructose corn syrup. But that can keep for another time. What makes childhood obesity sad is that the kids who suffer from it seem like they havent been given a fair shot at life and thats terrible. These kids are already suffering the numerous consequences from arthritis and constant joint and back pain to Type II diabetes and the worst verbal treatment by their class peers. There is a lot more to this and we are going to explore some of it in this article.

The child who is obese is on a crushing path heading right for awful health problems. To use one example: fatty liver disease?just about the top disease that affects a persons liver. Some years ago people typically associated liver problems with drinking too much and sclerosis. Today, however, we know that fatty livery disease is caused by long term obesity. Usually the thing that really makes the issue worse is that people who are obese have severely dysfunctional metabolisms. The liver helps by getting rid of anything that is not good for the body. This, then, adds extra pressure to the other systems of children and teenagers who suffer from obesity. Medical research has been done all over the world that proves that obstructive sleep apnea is a more common occurrence in kids and teens than ?regular? kids. This particular condition is especially dangerous because it causes the childs
airway to become blocked while he or she is sleeping. Kids who are overweight and obese are more likely to snore too but, according to researchers, that is actually deceiving. Its also possible that the snoring is a symptom of something called OSA or obstructive sleep apnea. One possible approach that has been studied is using the procedure, adenotonsillectomy, to treat this condition in obese teens and younger children.

Not only that but that, when paired with the feelings of being ostracized and bullied at school, it is a miracle if an obese child or teen doesnt develop a major social dysfunctional disorder. Another term used is social disabilities, and there is the obvious high degree of extreme unhappiness, depression, etc. All of this will result in a crazy high stress level which, as you know, can lead to any number of problems both psychologically as well as physically. Curiously this means that some kids will become bullies themselves. Obviously this is the result of the kids letting their anger and frustration at being bullied themselves build up to dangerous levels.

We think that it is right that obese children should have a plan of action so they can start to lose this weight. We do realize that every situation for these children is different. This situation has eluded being reversed so far, but it is very serious.

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