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Childhood obesity is a fast growing problem that can cause a lot of problems. Obesity alone is a great predicament which many people are trying to avoid. America for the past few years have seen this problem grow. Movies have been made about it and reports have been submitted, but it seems that the problem just keeps on growing (no pun intended).
If you don’t take any precautions now, you may be exposing your child to this problem as well as to many deadly diseases that can take away so much from the quality of life he or she may have in the future. Plus, you can be blamed for this. You have to do something about it before it’s too late.
Here are some figures that can help you see how big (once again, not intended) the problem of obesity in America really is.
• More than sixty percent of obese or overweight children have one or more added risk factor in contracting heart disease as well as high blood pressure and high cholesterol problems.
• In the past twenty years, the number of obese or overweight child ranging from six to eleven years old has more than doubled to 19 percent of the same age-range population from only seven percent of the same age-range population in 1980.
• In the same time period, teeners ranging in age from twelve years old to nineteen years old have more than tripled their number from about five percent to around seventeen percent of the population of the same age-range.
• Children that are already overweight or have childhood obesity are more likely to be overweight and obese when they go to their adulthood. This means that they are very good candidates for many heart diseases, diabetes, cancer, bone and joint problems and stroke.
• Sleep apnea, which is a great concern for many children, can likely happen to overweight children than to children with good weight. Bone and joint problems are also highly probable to happen to obese children.
• Obese children are also prone to psychological and social problems such as low self-esteem and stigmatization.
Now that you know what the effects of obesity are to your child, it’s high time you do something about it. One thing that you can do which could help you to prevent this from happening to your child is by eating organic food.
Because organic food is very healthy, you take away a lot of the bad stuff that can go into your child’s body. If the meats they eat have more nutrients than bad cholesterol and fats, your child will be able to burn off the excess fat and just concentrate on the nutrients. Also, because there is the absence of refinements, your child will be satisfied easier and would eat smaller portions, which is an essential element of a diet.
To make sure that your child only eats organic food, then you have to completely strike out fast food from his or her diet. This means saying goodbye to greasy, fat-laden junk food which is known to be one of the major contributors to the obesity of many American children. As a parent you have to be strict with your child. Don’t forget, this is for their own good as well as your peace of mind.