Effects of Obesity on Children
EFFECTS OF OBESİTY ON CHİLDREN
Nutrition has been an important and basic, natural necessity for humans for a very long time. However as the tastes and tendency to eat increased health problems emerged. One of the most fatal diseases is obesity. In ancient time obesity is from the Latin obesitas, which means "stout, fat, or plump." Ēsus is the past participle of edere (to eat), with ob (over) added to it. (Harper,31th December 2008 ) The Oxford English Dictionary documents its first usage in 1611 by Randle Cotgrave.(retriwed December 10, 2012 from "Obesity, n". Oxford English Dictionary 2008). People are considered obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person 's weight in kilograms by the square of the person 's height in meters, exceeds 30 kg/m2.(WHO p.9) Especially on childs’ rate of obesity has been increasing. Obesity is a disease that could happen to anyone at any age. Especially in childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21th century.The problem is global a steadily affecting many low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban seetings.Globally in 2010 the number of overweight children under the age of five is estimated over 42 million.Close to 35 million of these are living in developing countries.(WHO)This disorder brings some effect on children in their life.Obesity on children may leads some problems in terms of psychological and biological.
First effects of obesity on children is depression. Physiological damage may be more severe psychological consequences of obesity. Most studies of depression and low self-esteem in these children, damaged, corrupt perceptions indicated. Weakness in Western societies, the concept of children as well as adults, can be excluded in obese children between the collecting tastes. Especially admitted to the clinic for the treatment of obese children than in children admitted to a clinic in which behavioral and affective disorders have
Nutrition has been an important and basic, natural necessity for humans for a very long time. However as the tastes and tendency to eat increased health problems emerged. One of the most fatal diseases is obesity. In ancient time obesity is from the Latin obesitas, which means "stout, fat, or plump." Ēsus is the past participle of edere (to eat), with ob (over) added to it. (Harper,31th December 2008 ) The Oxford English Dictionary documents its first usage in 1611 by Randle Cotgrave.(retriwed December 10, 2012 from "Obesity, n". Oxford English Dictionary 2008). People are considered obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person 's weight in kilograms by the square of the person 's height in meters, exceeds 30 kg/m2.(WHO p.9) Especially on childs’ rate of obesity has been increasing. Obesity is a disease that could happen to anyone at any age. Especially in childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21th century.The problem is global a steadily affecting many low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban seetings.Globally in 2010 the number of overweight children under the age of five is estimated over 42 million.Close to 35 million of these are living in developing countries.(WHO)This disorder brings some effect on children in their life.Obesity on children may leads some problems in terms of psychological and biological.
First effects of obesity on children is depression. Physiological damage may be more severe psychological consequences of obesity. Most studies of depression and low self-esteem in these children, damaged, corrupt perceptions indicated. Weakness in Western societies, the concept of children as well as adults, can be excluded in obese children between the collecting tastes. Especially admitted to the clinic for the treatment of obese children than in children admitted to a clinic in which behavioral and affective disorders have
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