The people today weigh more than their parents and grandparents when they were on the same age. Obesity is a global problem that is extremely serious. It is even classified as epidemic by some. The child obesity statistics are really shocking not only due to the large percentage of obese children. It has been estimated that an obese adolescent has a higher risk of suffering from heart attack, stroke or Type II diabetes much earlier in life. In order for solutions of the problem to be found the causes of obesity has to be assessed first.
The numbers show that 19.6% of the children of 6 to 11 years of age are obese. The percentage of extremely overweight adolescents between 12 and 19 is 18.1%. These are the numbers from the main child obesity statistics, but there are independent studies that claim the percentage of obese children is over 25%. These figures are way too large and they are expected to increase in the following years. But what are the main reasons behind this threatening statistical data?
Perhaps the main reason for child obesity is the lack of sufficient physical activity. In the past the kids used to eat candy and cookies as well, but they also used to play outdoors almost all the time irrespective of the season. The games usually involved a lot of exercise. At present the children are obsessed with computer games which require no physical effort whatsoever.
The poor diet is also a factor for child obesity. Most kids nowadays love junk food and eat it almost all the time. The fried and sweet foods from the fast food restaurant are also quite popular. The youngsters do not have healthy eating habits. They snack every time and drink primarily sugary carbonated beverages. At the same time they disregard he fruit and the vegetables in particular simply because they are not equally tasty.
Another serious problem is that most families do not have healthy nutrition habits in general. If the parents are overweight and they place their child on a diet, he/she will be highly unlikely to keep it. Even though there are healthy nutrition educational programs in most schools, the kids cannot simply reject the food they are served at home.
The child obesity statistics have high numbers for yet another psychological reason. The lack of self esteem, the stress and the depression lead to greater food consumption. This problem is really serious with adolescents as they are particularly sensitive about the opinion of others.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Childhood Obesity Statistics Are Rising - What Can Parents Do?
Are we as parents in a position to do something about the alarming childhood obesity statistics?
Of course we are! In fact we are obliged to. Although the USA seems the worst hit, childhood obesity statistics are of concern worldwide. It is clear that the primary drivers of the increase in childhood obesity are:
* Fast food
* Sodas (sweetened cold drinks of all kinds)
* Sedentary lifestyle
The dangerChildhood obesity statistics show the problem manifesting in two areas:
1. The physical risks where children are being diagnosed with diabetes previously only found in adults; heart diseases; chronic illnesses and digestive problems.
2. Obese children also suffer psychological damage as a result of being teased, not being able to partake in sport, and the general social unacceptability of weight.
The factsThe USA has about 25 million kids in the 12 - 19 year old age group classified as being overweight, nearly three times what it was 40 years ago. The concern regarding childhood obesity statistics is therefore very real, and overweight adolescents have a 70% chance of becoming overweight adults.
What to do? Fast food should be a treat, not a daily meal. The amount of sugar in fast foods is not urban myth, it is put there specifically to create an insulin spike. Once the sugar has rushed through your child's system the sugar high becomes a downer, and leaves the child craving more.
The same applies to sodas - they have a very high sugar content. Energy drinks are even worse - most energy drinks contain less nutrients than ordinary tap water. I know kids are not keen on water, so just try and make wise choices and set an example. Since my son realized that I drink 16 glasses of water per day he has started alternating water and juice.
Childhood obesity statistics displayed on a graph rises in almost perfect correlation with the increase in turnover generated by fast food and soda companies.
Then of course there is exercise. This can vary greatly depending on personal circumstances, but kids enjoy almost any form of outdoor games. Go kick a soccer ball or toss a football with your kid. Not only is it exercise for them but good bonding time and a stress relief for you.
Of course we are! In fact we are obliged to. Although the USA seems the worst hit, childhood obesity statistics are of concern worldwide. It is clear that the primary drivers of the increase in childhood obesity are:
* Fast food
* Sodas (sweetened cold drinks of all kinds)
* Sedentary lifestyle
The dangerChildhood obesity statistics show the problem manifesting in two areas:
1. The physical risks where children are being diagnosed with diabetes previously only found in adults; heart diseases; chronic illnesses and digestive problems.
2. Obese children also suffer psychological damage as a result of being teased, not being able to partake in sport, and the general social unacceptability of weight.
The factsThe USA has about 25 million kids in the 12 - 19 year old age group classified as being overweight, nearly three times what it was 40 years ago. The concern regarding childhood obesity statistics is therefore very real, and overweight adolescents have a 70% chance of becoming overweight adults.
What to do? Fast food should be a treat, not a daily meal. The amount of sugar in fast foods is not urban myth, it is put there specifically to create an insulin spike. Once the sugar has rushed through your child's system the sugar high becomes a downer, and leaves the child craving more.
The same applies to sodas - they have a very high sugar content. Energy drinks are even worse - most energy drinks contain less nutrients than ordinary tap water. I know kids are not keen on water, so just try and make wise choices and set an example. Since my son realized that I drink 16 glasses of water per day he has started alternating water and juice.
Childhood obesity statistics displayed on a graph rises in almost perfect correlation with the increase in turnover generated by fast food and soda companies.
Then of course there is exercise. This can vary greatly depending on personal circumstances, but kids enjoy almost any form of outdoor games. Go kick a soccer ball or toss a football with your kid. Not only is it exercise for them but good bonding time and a stress relief for you.
Why Are Obesity Statistics Skyrocketing?
How can I make a promise like that - and keep it? Because I know the reason obesity statistics are soaring. I can prove to you how it happened. I can teach you how to get your body to help you lose the weight. I can show you how to fix your damaged metabolism and put it back to work so it can control and balance your weight the way nature always intended. Only then will it do the job it was designed to do.
How can I know all that that? I am seventy years old. I didn't just witness the events that brought us to this disaster, I experienced the consequences. I was there when publicity hungry people set up a quasi-medical niche. They wanted to promote a diet that would give them authority respect and a healthy income. The diet they created to make that happen, went on to ruin the body and health of millions of people.
This was a time when nobody dieted except sick people. To present a new different way of eating, they reversed engineer our traditional diet. They did it without ever testing this diet. There was no research or trials or any other form of testing. Nobody verified if our digestive and intestinal system could handle this radical change. No one could say if it was safe for the human body. There is ample proof that it was not!
I was witness to how a "cholesterol stuff up" caused even medical professionals to promote that fateful diet. We are paying the price for that Stuff Up to this day. What was that diet? You will have heard of it. It was called The Pyramid Diet.
Why is such an obviously damaging diet still around? The people who continue to profit from it are still around. They have the ear of governments and institutions. Apart from self-nominated diet experts, These include the cereal, diet and snack food industries. These are powerful groups influence governments and institutions.
They have been able to enforce their diet in our schools. They have affected the health of each generation of kids for forty years. They cause them to become addicted to carbohydrates.
Do you find that hard to believe? Take a look at the kids in any schoolyard. They do not just suffer budding weight problems. They are not just plump in a cute way. They are heading for obesity. Many already suffer type2 diabetes. Even a dozen years ago this would have horrified any parent. Today they are told to blame fast food and hope their kids will grow out of it.
I hate when things don't make sense and diets don't make sense. Few people, other than sick people, ever dieted till the seventies. We were well fed in those days, but our diet was not what we eat today. So how did I become an expert on obesity statistics and bad diets?
I was a victim. I was put on the Pyramid Diet to cure my high cholesterol. Did it help? Of course not. It wasn't long before had a weight problem. Life became a constant battle with my weight and a nagging feeling that something didn't make sense. I could see the puzzle but none of the pieces would fit.
How could medicine and science ignore something so obvious: Surely our body's response to what we eat is as important as our response to drugs or anything else we put into our mouths. How could amateurs get away with a complete reversal of a traditional diet we had used for generations.
Unfortunately it was all too easy. No diet needs approval - even today, no matter how ridicules, dangerous or extreme it may be. No diet has ever been scientifically tested or trialled to verify that it works, or that our body can handle it. It is simply let loose on the public for them to test it.
We the public are the only lab rats who test these diets. In the past forty years not one single diet has proved to work permanently. They say our body will adapt to any diet. The fact is the body never adapts. - It evolves, and evolution takes centuries.
Many of the things I want to tell you, you should have learned in school. Schools should teach our children the basic facts about how the body works. They used to, before the seventies, at least in Europe. The trouble is, too many vested interests want to keep everybody in the dark. That's the only way their 'theories' can carry any weight.
If everyone knew the facts, none of these self-nominated experts could have gotten away with turning sixty % of the population into victims of weight problems and obesity. I trust your basic instincts to know and recognize the truth when you hear it. You may not like it, but I hope you agree it's a long time overdue.
How can I know all that that? I am seventy years old. I didn't just witness the events that brought us to this disaster, I experienced the consequences. I was there when publicity hungry people set up a quasi-medical niche. They wanted to promote a diet that would give them authority respect and a healthy income. The diet they created to make that happen, went on to ruin the body and health of millions of people.
This was a time when nobody dieted except sick people. To present a new different way of eating, they reversed engineer our traditional diet. They did it without ever testing this diet. There was no research or trials or any other form of testing. Nobody verified if our digestive and intestinal system could handle this radical change. No one could say if it was safe for the human body. There is ample proof that it was not!
I was witness to how a "cholesterol stuff up" caused even medical professionals to promote that fateful diet. We are paying the price for that Stuff Up to this day. What was that diet? You will have heard of it. It was called The Pyramid Diet.
Why is such an obviously damaging diet still around? The people who continue to profit from it are still around. They have the ear of governments and institutions. Apart from self-nominated diet experts, These include the cereal, diet and snack food industries. These are powerful groups influence governments and institutions.
They have been able to enforce their diet in our schools. They have affected the health of each generation of kids for forty years. They cause them to become addicted to carbohydrates.
Do you find that hard to believe? Take a look at the kids in any schoolyard. They do not just suffer budding weight problems. They are not just plump in a cute way. They are heading for obesity. Many already suffer type2 diabetes. Even a dozen years ago this would have horrified any parent. Today they are told to blame fast food and hope their kids will grow out of it.
I hate when things don't make sense and diets don't make sense. Few people, other than sick people, ever dieted till the seventies. We were well fed in those days, but our diet was not what we eat today. So how did I become an expert on obesity statistics and bad diets?
I was a victim. I was put on the Pyramid Diet to cure my high cholesterol. Did it help? Of course not. It wasn't long before had a weight problem. Life became a constant battle with my weight and a nagging feeling that something didn't make sense. I could see the puzzle but none of the pieces would fit.
How could medicine and science ignore something so obvious: Surely our body's response to what we eat is as important as our response to drugs or anything else we put into our mouths. How could amateurs get away with a complete reversal of a traditional diet we had used for generations.
Unfortunately it was all too easy. No diet needs approval - even today, no matter how ridicules, dangerous or extreme it may be. No diet has ever been scientifically tested or trialled to verify that it works, or that our body can handle it. It is simply let loose on the public for them to test it.
We the public are the only lab rats who test these diets. In the past forty years not one single diet has proved to work permanently. They say our body will adapt to any diet. The fact is the body never adapts. - It evolves, and evolution takes centuries.
Many of the things I want to tell you, you should have learned in school. Schools should teach our children the basic facts about how the body works. They used to, before the seventies, at least in Europe. The trouble is, too many vested interests want to keep everybody in the dark. That's the only way their 'theories' can carry any weight.
If everyone knew the facts, none of these self-nominated experts could have gotten away with turning sixty % of the population into victims of weight problems and obesity. I trust your basic instincts to know and recognize the truth when you hear it. You may not like it, but I hope you agree it's a long time overdue.
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