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Obesity
Obesity is defined as being 20% or more over your age's ideal body weight and, alarmingly, is linked to such life-threatening health problems as diabetes, hypertension and coronary disease.
In the United States, more children's are entering this unhealthy zone -- in 2005, ABC News cited that one in three children were obese.
Why Obesity Is on the Rise
Obesity in children has been blamed on the growing pervasiveness of a sedentary lifestyle, with kids becoming too dependent on playing video...
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There?s no doubt that childhood obesity is the ?it? topic for the news media and the government. But is it only me who thinks that the stats might be a little skewed? If obesity is defined as being 20% or more over your ideal weight, then my 11-year old, 4 foot 9 inch, 95 pound niece is 3 pounds shy of obesity (according to one website). I can assure you, no one in their right mind would consider her teetering on the edge of obesity. She?s not skinny, she?s not fat. She looks about just right. And, like my two grown sons, her body has fluctuated between a little thin and a little heavy over the years. The M.O. was the same: periods of eating and sleeping more than normal, followed invariably by a growth spurt, which would stretch those pounds into the new height.
Maybe the definition of obesity should be adjusted. Or maybe the numbers for preteens and teenagers should be broader while their bodies are in flux. Perhaps then we could separate those children who actually are in danger of having a lifelong struggle with their weight from those who are just experiencing the normal ups and downs of growth spurts. Any thoughts?
Maybe the definition of obesity should be adjusted. Or maybe the numbers for preteens and teenagers should be broader while their bodies are in flux. Perhaps then we could separate those children who actually are in danger of having a lifelong struggle with their weight from those who are just experiencing the normal ups and downs of growth spurts. Any thoughts?
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August 21, 2007
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