Obese children

Obese Children
Today, endocrine and cardiovascular diseases are the main problems that concern child obesity. Nonetheless, an even greater dilemma exists, and that is: cancer. According to a published study by Cell Magazine, overweight, in general, acts as a promoter of tumors, particularly in the liver.
The children of today will live a shorter time periods than past generations’ children. They will also have a worse quality of life than did their grandparents, due to the problematic consequences derived from obesity and passivity, as stated by the press President of the Organizing Committee of the European Society Congress of Endocrinology and Nutrition. Within the last 10 years, child obesity has doubled to an approximate 13.9%. Moreover, 30% of obese children are likely to be obese by adulthood.
The habitual commodity of leaving children in front of the television, so they don’t annoy too much, does not do them any health favors. Two New Zealand scientists have demonstrated that watching too much television during infancy increases the possibilities of becoming more directly obese than through plain bad nutrition or by not doing physical exercise. It is estimated that 41% of people who are overweight at the age of 26, coincide with those who had spent more hours of their infancy in front of a television screen.
The United States’ Center for Consumer Freedom has begun a campaign against obesity. Its slogan is “obesity: epidemic or exaggeration?” The campaign pretends to negate the obvious in the country with the fattest people in the world. The journal of the Medical College pointed out that obesity was the second cause of death in the country.
Eroski, the distribution group, has launched a campaign against obesity in collaboration with four associations related to health and healthy food. Obesity is a serious problem to health in a lot of developed countries, due to their incidence and the conditioning of health spending. It is estimated that 13% of the population between the ages of 25 and 60 is obese. The percentages of child and adolescent obesity are even more worrisome. Almost 24% of the population between the ages of 2 and 24 is obese, and 26.3% suffers from overweight.
“The best condiment for food is hunger”, said Cicero. (Translated by Gianna A. Sanchez-Moretti)
Author and journalist Clemente Ferrer has led a distinguished career in Spain in the fields of publicity and press relations. He is currently President of the European Institute of Marketing.
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