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Child Obesity and overweight-ism

What defines obesity?

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Generally, the obesity and over-weight terms are used interchangeably. We need to realize that they are not same. The difference lies in consideration.

Overweight is : when the child is 10% more than the ideal body weight.

Obesity is : when the child's weight is 30 pounds more than the ideal body weight.

Studies on over-weight-ism
The studies conducted in USA reveal that 15% of the children are overweight; and that if this %'ages increase at this rate - then the country will have 1/3rd overweight children very soon. The studies further say that - once these children become adults : the country could have 50 million diabetic citizen by 2050 !! ::gulp::

More recent studies conducted in USA reveal that probability of asthama appearing in overweight / obese children is 1.5 - 2 times higher than normal children.

Wow wow wow..... now thats an alarming bell for all parents!!

The obesity / overweight causes a lot of health risks for the people -most fatal being heart attacks from hypertension (high blood pressure) and high cholestrol levels. Other risks include - kidney failure, amputations etc.

Thus it is paramount important to curb the obesity now and here - not just in the states but other countries as well - since i believe that even though numbers may not be alarming in other countries....they will be either in similar range; or increase at a greater pace.

What causes over-weight / obesity?
Obesity can be caused by a number of factors. Most important factor is the habits / behavior. This is a controlable factor - in hands of parents / children. Other factors include human genes, for which medical support and early treatment is the best control mechanism.

Habits / Behavior and Obesity
The major factors involving habit are:-

1) Eating Behavior - junk food vs. healthy food.
2) Comfort travel, and no walks
3) Little or no exercise
4) Too much TV / sitting work and very little of sports
5) Imbalanced exercises also causes some unhealthy body.

Medical Treatment
There are various kind of medical treatments available. There are some medicines that kill the appetite of body; then there are some drugs that prohibit fats / carbs from saturating in body. One such famous medicine is Xenical. RxOnlineToday sells Xenical tables online for controlling obesity and loosing weight at reduced prices.

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