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儿童肥胖症第 1 部分--它是否已成为一种流行病?

2012 年 7 月 21 日

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Childhood Obesity Part 1 – Has it becomes an Epidemic?

The world-wide prevalence of obesity in childhood varies from 2.6-3.6% in Finland, 15% in the UK, 10.8% in the United States, 11.2-12.5% in Navajo Indian school children, 7.56 in Indian children, 16.1% in Singapore school children, 14.3% in Thailand, and about 7.8% in a local Malaysian study of school children in a rural area.

Obesity among children is literally an epidemic! Unless we get kids moving and teach them to enjoy healthy foods, the outlook for their long-term health is bleak. But we can change things.

What are the consequences?

Children who are overweight tend to grow up into adults who are overweight. They therefore have a higher risk of developing serious health problems in later life, including heart attack, stroke, type-2 diabetes, bowel cancer, sleep apnea and high blood pressure. The risk of health problems increases the more overweight a person becomes.

Being overweight as a child can also cause psychological distress. Teasing about their appearance affects children’s confidence and self-esteem and can lead to isolation and depression leading on to poor school performance.

Why are more children overweight?

Very few children become overweight because of an underlying medical problem i.e. either hormonal or neurological.

Children are more likely to be overweight if their parents are obese. If one parent is obese, there is a 50 percent chance that the children will also be obese. However, when both parents are obese, the children have an 80 percent chance of being obese. But genetic factors are thought to be less significant than the fact that families tend to share eating and activity habits.

In other words, most children put on excess weight because their lifestyles include an unhealthy diet and a lack of physical activity.

It is certainly easier than ever before for children to become overweight. High- calorie foods, such as fast food and confectionery, are abundant, relatively cheap and heavily promoted specifically at children.

Exercise is no longer a regular part of everyone’s day – some children never walk or cycle to school, or play any kind of sport. And it is not unusual for children to spend hours in front of a television or computer.

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2012 年 7 月 21 日

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Childhood Obesity Part 1 – Has it becomes an Epidemic?

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