Let’s start with the main health issues; An unhealthy lifestyle can cause serious health issues such as: Cardiovascular disease, asthma, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and joint problems.It is highly …show more content…
Mental health can definitely be at risk as well. Emotion distress is the most common obstacle a child faces when they are affected mentally. Depression plays a major role of having a low self-esteem due to feeling the pressure of what is expected from the society that we live in today; Bullying is a major factor that an obese child faces causing them to suffer depression and again, prevent a child from living a normal life. According to The American Psychiatric Association, “A study at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey found that obese girls ages 13 to 14 are four times more likely to experience low self-esteem than non obese girls.”It is without a doubt encouraged to work with these children by helping them follow a healthy lifestyle for the sake of their mental …show more content…
Their studies also showed that in 2012, more than one third of children and teens became obese. This trend will continue if we as the adults do not spread the awareness and reach out and help all of these children. An unhealthy lifestyle can lead to further consequences in the future late on in adulthood. Once again, this happens because of the health conditions that are caused by being obese. Such as heart disease, stroke, liver and kidney disease. Childhood obesity can play a major role on why a child’s mental health can be majorly affected. Depression is a very common disease that children tend to experience. The reason why these children and teens are affected is because being obese lowers their self esteem due to not being the figure that society today wants or expects to see.
One of the most common reasons why parents aren’t so supportive about this issue is because some parents believe that they should not change their child’s lifestyle. They tend to oversee the serious reality that their child is facing. Many parents way of thinking is that they feel like they need to let their child enjoy what they desire and that there is no need to change their lifestyle as long as they are content, but what they fail to do is to set a moderation to those things. Some people simply believe that as long as the child feels