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Rahming 1 Giovanni Rahming Ms. Joan Norman English 119 29th March, 2010 Causes of Childhood corpulency At some come in in life, every p bent has told their child to flow their ve set forthables. Most children dilute this request, however they should oblige. Obesity among children is congruous more and more common in todays society and many people argon question why. In 2006, then Minister of Health Dr. Marcus Bethel stated in the mark of Assembly that 65% of adult Bahamians ar intemperate and 23% of children and teen whilers mingled with the ages of 11 and 20 are overweight.He stated that this was a 10% ontogeny over the previous year in terms of children and teenagers. The percentage of adults who were overweight only went up by 5%. These figures were calculated in the year 2006. It is now 2010 and those figures develop probably doubled. This major increase in puerility corpulency was brought about by a multitude of causes. Some of these are lack of wreak, poor diet a nd patrimonial predispositions. so starr 1 back end examine the causes of obesity, whiz must check what obesity is.The Centre For ailment Control describes obesity as a medical condition which involves the assemblage of excess body fat to the point where it is a risk to the customary health of the mortal. Being obese should non be confused with be overweight. If a person is overweight it Rahming 2 simply means that the person has fall uponed more weight than is necessary. It is non a direct thr eat on to the everyday health of the person tho it should still be taken seriously. Before a person whoremonger become obese he/she must first be overweight.It is the first step on the way to becoming obese and a step that many children in the Bahamas have already passed. Lack of exercise is one of the main reasons for obesity in children and teenagers. It is recommended that one should engage in at least thirty minutes of nimble exercise per day. Unfortunately, this is not the case concerning most children in The Bahamas. In a recent broadcast news program, Minister of Health Dr. Hubert Minnis stated that children and teenagers are beginning to surpass adults in terms of the obesity level in the country.Parents are directly responsible for this because they dont encourage their children to exercise. If you ride around New Providence during the evening hours and look on the sidewalks, you depart see people jogging or go. Most of these people are elderly or middle aged adults who are only manner of walking because they received some threatening news from their doctor. Children are barely seen jogging, walking or outside on the whole. Technology has come so further that people dont have to go outside hardly at either these days. Regardless of this fact, parents need to step up and get their children to exercise.In an article in the Nassau protector, a few tips were given on how to encourage children to be more active and it was suggested that t he parents interest would be the best way. It stated, Turn off the television, shut down the information processing system and drag the kids outside if you have too. Challenging them to a game ordinarily works well. When parents go walking or jogging in the evening they should encourage their children to come with them. This way the whole family can get exercise and stay healthy. It has been proven that habits developed at a young age will carry Rahming 3 n into adulthood. If children get used to exercise everyday they will fall out this habit into their adult years. Thus this fuss of puerility obesity can be partially solved if parents would notwithstanding exercise with their children. Working out is not the only way to set upon this problem of childhood obesity, a healthy diet is essential as well. It is perhaps more important than exercise and is something that most children do not have. A healthy diet consists of the correct amount of carbohydrates, protein and fats. These nutrients are requisite to maintain a healthy lifestyle.Most children get these nutrients the problem is they take in too much of one type and not enough of another. For congresswoman they drink in very large amounts of protein but not enough carbohydrates. This especial(a) protein is then changed into fat and stored resulting in excess weight. Another nutrient that children consume too much of is fats. Believe it or not fats are involve but only in small amounts. The large amounts of candy and sugars that kids eat cause them to gain weight at an alarming rate. Adding to this, fast aliment shows up the majority of the diet of most of the children in The Bahamas.They get no nutritional value and simply gain weight. If children consume more vitamins from vegetables in their diet, they will be a lot healthier and less obese. The disorder with most children is that vegetables taste horrible, which some do. The way to get around this is to make the children eat their vegeta bles without them knowing they are eating healthy. They can be transcendental in soups, casseroles or even sandwiches as long as the hit looks as if it has no vegetables in it. A lot of parents wonder why their obese children act depressed or withdraw themselves from other children their age.The decide is their obesity is affecting their emotions and behavior. Research has proven that children whom are obese operate to be more depressed and antisocial than Rahming 4 children who are at a normal weight level. This just adds to the stress and challenges obese children have to face on a daily basis and it is also one of the reasons why losing weight is so difficult for them. If they feel depressed all the time then they wont have any goose egg to exercise. These emotional problems seem to prove the statement of Nutritional Consultant Charlotte Skiles to be true.She said The food that we eat affects the structure of the body and so it affects the subroutine of the body. These fun ctions dont have be just physical but psychological as well. Psychological effects of obesity can embroil depression, withdrawal, lack of energy, loss of enthusiasm, anger and anti-social behavior. People tend to blame obesity on a lot of things the reason they often fail to point is genetics. Many people dont know or understand that some children are just designed to be obese because it was passed along in their jeans.The Center for Disease Control reports that scientists have linked one hundred and twenty seven jeans in the human DNA system to obesity. These jeans cause some children to gain weight without excessive eating or lack of exercise. Also some children are born obese and continue to gain weight as they become adults. Children who are obese because of genetic causes find it most difficult to lose weight. The best way they can do this is try to slow down the amount of weight they gain by eating a well balanced diet and exercising.In the Bahamas, childhood obesity is not the most talked about disease but it is unornamented that it is on the rise. Children are becoming less active, fewer kids are seen acting outside and slowly the younker of the country are becoming bigger and bigger. Because of the lack of parental Rahming 5 encouragement, children eat what they please and do not get the essential vitamins and minerals they need. Instead all they get is sugar and thus fat. Then they dont exercise which is the major reason why obesity is on the rise in the country.Even those with genetic predispositions can eat healthy and exercise to try and control their weight. However the majority of Bahamian children whom are obese do not have genetic predispositions. any they need to do is eat right and exercise to put a real dent in the obesity level in the country. The youth of a country is its future and an obese nation does not harbinger well for any country.Works Cited Childhood Obesity Caused By Lack of Exercise. health check News Today 2004. 16 M ar. 2010 Getting Your Kids To Exercise Nassau Guardian 5 May. 2005 16 Mar. 010 Interview with Dr. Hubert Minnis. Bahamas Tonight. ZNS Network. 28. Feb. 2010 Kopland, Jeffery. , Koraak, Vivicka. , Liverman, Catharyn. , eds. Preventing Childhood Obesity, Health In The Balance. capital of the United States D. C. , 2005 Obesity and Genomics 2005. Center For Disease Control 23 Mar. 2010 Skiles, Charlotte. Effects Of brusque Diet In Children 2009. 16 Mar. 2010 Thompson, Lindsay. Minister of Health Encourages Fight Against Obesity. 2008 26. Mar. 2010 Thompson, Zandra. Obesity As A Risk Factor For Disease. 2006 26. Mar. 2010