Teenage Obesity

Obesity is one of the leading causes of death in the world, in fact, causing 300,000 adolescent deaths each year. From 1980 to 2000 alone, the obesity rate in teens has increased by 10%. Obesity does not seem to be a big dilemma, but it grows every year and has problems affecting children and their lives. Adolescent obesity can be caused by many factors and proved to be harmful to human health, but it can be controlled by appropriate treatment and care. There are many cases of adolescent obesity, but not all cases are related.

Adolescent obesity is a major public health crisis both domestically and internationally. "In 2012, the proportion of young people aged 1219 was obese, in the US, from 2010 to 2014, the rate of increase in adolescent obesity increased from 5% to close to 21%" (Flegal, 2013 ). Adolescent obesity is a serious problem in the United States and needs to be addressed. Causes Obesity in adolescence is caused by various factors such as human lifestyle, diet, environment. - In short, public health is derived from the spread of diseases and diseases and works to prevent the spread of disease, whereas health care focuses on the treatment of diseases and diseases.

Childhood obesity in the United States has become a problem in recent years. According to the American childhood adolescent psychiatry academy, 16 to 33% of children and adolescents are obese. As a result, obesity-related problems associated with type 2 diabetes are dramatically increasing, and such problems usually only occur in adults. As obese children are more likely to become obese adults, prevention or treatment of obesity in childhood can reduce the risk of obesity in adults. This, in turn, may help reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes and other obesity related diseases.

Today, about 25% of children and adolescents are obese and this number is increasing. Childhood obesity of children aged 6 to 11 years has increased by 54% since 1960 's. It increased 39% among children between the ages of 12 and 17. (Silberstein, 1) Childhood obesity is very common in these age groups and has reached the rate of epidemics. One cause of childhood obesity is heredity. - Childhood obesity is a problem expanding not only in New Zealand but all over the world. This is due to many factors, and it will have a big impact on society. BMI is a measure of body weight divided by height, normal range is 18-25 years old, over 30 exercise is considered obese. BMI became the international standard for obesity measurement in the 1980's (S. Wilson, 2000).