Our future is our children.
How much chubby children were loved in the past. Nowadays, we see those cute children waiting in line at the door of the pediatric endocrine department.
It is not difficult to understand what obesity means, but it is really difficult to explain. As living conditions change, our eating habits change.
Obesity is when the body fat ratio is above the acceptable limit and the fat tissue increases excessively compared to other tissues.
Obesity is defined as excessive accumulation of fat, which disrupts physical and mental health. We can also define it as the state of being overweight.
A busy business life, artificial foods containing additives, a sedentary lifestyle, and various medication and treatment practices have made obesity an increasingly common problem.
This new world problem, which affects people of almost all ages, is now viewed as a disease. The increasing frequency of obesity, especially in children, further increases anxiety.
So, while people were living happily with their weight, what happened that obesity suddenly became a disease?
ONE IN FOUR CHILDREN IS OBESE
Ministry of Health data shows that the obesity rate in children in Turkey has reached an average of 25%. That means one in every four children is obese. Again, the age of getting diabetes has decreased considerably.
Fast-food type diet and growing portions, computer and gaming habits, long hours spent in front of the television, genetically modified artificial foods, consumption of sugary drinks and junk food, The habit of quickly giving up breast milk and choosing instead of breast milk has brought about obesity in children.
Fortunately, if there is no endocrine disease, it is relatively easy to treat obesity in children.
It is a rational idea to prevent obesity in children. A few precautions can be taken. Among these;
Not insisting on eating,
Ending wrong eating habits,
Ensuring physical activity by planning activities done together,
Limiting mobile phone and computer game hours. Remember! Pushing a young person who enters adolescence as obese into irreparable psychological problems can cause him to do something he can do throughout his life. It may be the worst thing you will ever experience.
Stay Healthy.
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