Question

Three studies done on obesity

please provide reference

Answer 1

• Chilhood Obesity: A health issue

It is more common in North America with over 22 million children under the age of 5 are overweight. Obesity ios one of the major reason of several other diseases which the person gets in his later life even if he loses his weight during adulthood. The main reason of obesity remains the same, more energy intake vs energy utilized. But the increasing trend westernized diet (fast food) has doubled the number of children in obesity category in past one decade. Other factors which leads to obesity during childhood includes genetic factors, cultural and socio-economic variables and the gene-nutrient interaction.

Dr. Richard J. Deckelbaum, Childhood Obesity:A health isuue, Volume 9

• Getting Worse: The Stigmatization of Obese Children

The prevalence of obesity during childhood has doubled from 1961 to 2001. During 1961 the overweight child was not liked much but this stigma has change in 2001 which might be one of the reason why people take obesity not as a disease during the childhood. This results in serious implications during later life. Also an study has shown that Girls liked the obese/overweight child less that boys.

Janet D Latner, Getting Worse: The Stigmatization of Obese Children, Volume 11

• Obesity in the new millennium

Th increasing obesity has not only increased the risk of other diseases such as hypertension and heart diseases but also obese people are socially ill treated. A study showed that hormone Leptin plays a key role on nerve cells and regulate the body weight and food intake.

J.M Friedman,Obesity in the new millennium, Nature, Volume 404