Topic 4 Health effects
Obesity in children tends to persist into adulthood. The most common health effects described in the literature include:
- METABOLIC SYNDROME
- DIABETES
- HEPATIC STEATOSIS
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
- POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME
- DEPRESSION
- RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
- ORTHOPEDIC COMPLICATIONS AND EFFECTS ON BONE METABOLISM
Childhood obesity: Aetiology, comorbidities, and treatment
W. Morales et al. “Childhood obesity: Aetiology, comorbidities, and treatment”.
- It is not true that excess weight derives from a particularly heavy frame.
The weight of the bones, in fact, represents a fairly constant proportion of our weight: about 15% in males and 12% in females.
- It is not true that losing weight is useless because sooner or later all the weight lost will be regained.
It is true that to permanently solve the problem it is essential to change one’s eating habits and lifestyle.
- It is not true that since obesity can be genetically predetermined we cannot do anything about it. Genetics certainly plays a role, but bad eating and lifestyle habits are what influence body weight the most.
- 4. It is not true that the child’s excess weight will correct itself with development.
On the contrary, it is precisely the excess weight at school age that is most correlated with that of adults.
- It is not true that if we do some physical exercise we can or should eat more.
Good physical activity, rather than to lose weight, must serve to preserve and tone lean mass and normalize blood parameters.