Childhood Obesity In Children

Obesity is defined as someone with excess body fat. In the last decade, according to the World Health Organization, obesity has become a major issue especially with children. Overweight for children is defined differently than adults because children are still growing and developing. There are many health issues caused by obesity those include heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes and even cancer. The major causes of Obesity increasing is because of an unhealthy diet and lack in physical activity. On the other hand, an another perspective of the issue states that tools and strategies are used inaccurately to identify obesity in children which is affected and related to the treatment that they should receive and that breastfeeding could …show more content…
One aspect of this issue posits that public awareness and media reports about the risk of obesity in children help parents be more aware of the issue and the way they feed their children this showed a significant decline in the past decade in New York City. Although there are no certain and clear reasons for the decline of obesity in children in New York City, statistics, logical and reasonable causes including food changes, physical changes, prevention efforts, and consumption prompted by Media Messages are argued to support the study. Moreover, a study reveals that strategies are used in accurately to identify obesity in children stating that “They need to be aware of all the factors at play and use their knowledge and professional judgement when deciding whether or not a child has an excessive accumulation of body fat that presents a health risk”(Paterson 23). Although the study supports that obesity is increasing and that factors leading to overweight in children is related to their lifestyle changes associated with their family and lack in physical activity, but the study indicates that inaccuracy in measuring, gender, age, sexual maturity and race are not yet considered. The study points out examples of inaccuracy of measuring body mass such as movement and poor posture of the child, flawed or faulty tools and …show more content…
Changing the environment for children to help them avoid obesity could make a huge impact. To solve the issue governments, parents and schools should consider more public media reports concerning obesity, more schools with clinical assistance, the importance of breast-feeding, lack of sleep, reducing online games and assurance of measurement of body mass. Taking care of all these factors and the consumption of sugar, fast food and their physical activity could intently help them lose