Comments on: The boy who cried “obesity!”. http://healthysimplicity.com/the-boy-who-cried-obesity/ Making health simple. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:35:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: mercola http://healthysimplicity.com/the-boy-who-cried-obesity/comment-page-1/#comment-6309 mercola Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:13:57 +0000 http://www.healthysimplicity.com/the-boy-who-cried-obesity/#comment-6309 Overweight and obese children are not only faced with increased health problems--heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, gastrointestinal and orthopaedic problems, and type 2 diabetes to name a few--but they are also likely to suffer from low self-esteem and depression as a result of their weight. Being overweight or obese can take a huge emotional toll on a young child. Child obesity has only has a few major causes: * Inactivity (watching television and playing video games rather than playing outside to get exercise) * Drinking soda and juice instead of water * Eating sugar, bread, cereal and other grains Adding to the problem is that parents of overweight children don’t always recognize that their child is overweight. According to one survey, only three percent of parents of severely obese children considered their child overweight, and eight percent of the parents actually considered them to be underweight. Overweight and obese children are not only faced with increased health problems–heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, gastrointestinal and orthopaedic problems, and type 2 diabetes to name a few–but they are also likely to suffer from low self-esteem and depression as a result of their weight. Being overweight or obese can take a huge emotional toll on a young child.

Child obesity has only has a few major causes:

* Inactivity (watching television and playing video games rather than playing outside to get exercise)
* Drinking soda and juice instead of water
* Eating sugar, bread, cereal and other grains

Adding to the problem is that parents of overweight children don’t always recognize that their child is overweight. According to one survey, only three percent of parents of severely obese children considered their child overweight, and eight percent of the parents actually considered them to be underweight.

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