Obesity-related conditions including diabetes, glucose intolerance, fatty liver and hypertension may increase in children aged 5 to 17 years.
Childhood Obesity - Criteria - Causes - Complications, Treatment
Childhood obesity is one of the most serious health challenges in the developing countries and needs to be understood and tackled effectively.
Childhood obesity is one of the most serious health challenges in the developing countries and needs to be understood and tackled effectively.
‘In 2025, up to 12 million children will have impaired glucose tolerance, 4 million will have type 2 diabetes, 27 million will have hypertension and 38 million will have hepatic steatosis or buildup of fat in the liver.’
Tim Lobstein, co-author of study said, "These forecasts should sound an alarm bell for health service managers and health professionals, who will have to deal with this rising tide of ill health following the obesity epidemic." "In a sense, we hope these forecasts are wrong: they assume current trends continue, but we are urging governments to take strong measures to reduce childhood obesity and meet their agreed target of getting the levels of childhood obesity down to 2010 levels before we get to 2025," he added.
Source-ANI
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Due to busy lifestyles, food holds the least amount of importance for many of us. Healthy snacking is not as simple as it sounds. It involves thorough understanding of what, when and how to eat.
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Obesity - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment
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Single children have double the risk of being overweight or obese, says a new study
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