Why is Childhood Obesity on a rise today?
Obesity is a chronic disease and is spreading very fast amongst children all over the world including India. Overweight and obesity can lead to life threatening conditions including diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, blood pressure, sleep problems, liver disease and many more. This leads to development of stress, sadness and low self-esteem within them. Overweight children also have an increased risk of being overweight as adults. A child is considered to be obese when excess fat gets accumulated within different parts of the body. The causes of childhood obesity is complex and there are many factors behind it including biological, societal, genetic and behavioural. Let us have a look at the main factors in detail A child with an obese parent is more likely to be obese. Less physical activity and more food intake. Today, most of the time is being spent in front of television, computer or video games than playing outdoors by children. This should be avoided as physical