The path to obesity starts early in life, possible even at the age of 2. Although we may consider a little chubby baby to be cute and sweet having a bit plump infants may lead to seriously high risks of health problems such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and blood pressure. The article claims that if parents don’t take a hold on their child’s obesity early in life that may lead to serious health issues later in life. Specialist say that doctors need to address obesity issues with parents of infants that are overweight or obese because this may prevent serious issues later on as well. This article really highlights how child obesity is a social problem and how parents should really consider prevention from unhealthy habits and begin to consider these issues before there are medical complications and treatment involved.
An article foundered upon a 21-year prospective study of 100,000 American children and understanding the role of environmental factors on the development of obesity was written. In the study done obesity in an individual is caused by and imbalance between energy intake and expenditure and the understanding of how to control the factors in the environment and chemical exposures that may have the ability to disrupt the link between energy intake and expenditure. The study also shows that behavioral change is critical in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity, but the study states that just understanding how to modify behavior to increase energy expenditure and/or reduce caloric intake in individual children have had limited success in sustaining weight loss and/or prevention of obesity. This study shows that not only understanding the cause and longing factor of obesity can change the ability for children to change their habits, only with the intervention from parents will obese children be able to have some hopes in finding themselves not obese.
Resources:
1. Trasande, Leonardo. “Environment and Obesity in the National Children’s Study.” Environmental; Health Perspectives, Vol. 117, No. 2 (Feb. 2009), pp. 159-166. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
(http://www.jstor.org/pss/25434919).
2. “Path to obesity may begin before age 2: Doctors may need to address weight problems in infants.” 2010. MSNBC. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35352934/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/).
3. http://www.scientificamerican.com/media/inline/obesity-insulin-resistance-organic-pollutants-fat-diet_1.jpg
4. http://imway2fat.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/fat-baby-2.jpg
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