How Do You Win Battle Against Teenage Obesity?
Teenage obesity is rising significantly throughout the world. So should we cut pizzas, burgers, potato chips and colas totally out of our diet? Our lifestyle is also to blame, especially if we have a sedentary lifestyle or do not exert our self physically. Obesity is the major risk factors for several diseases. Both parents and doctors are worried about the health that comes along with obesity. Obese teenagers become obese adults. And they are at greater risk for diseases like heart disease, stroke, lung failure, kidney failure, hypertension, type-2 diabetes. Previously, a large number of people in the age group of 30 to 40 got heart attacks. That has now advanced to youngsters of 25 or 26! Obesity can also lead to depression in teenagers. But we can’t ask a teenager to eat less. What should be done is reduce inactivity and the sedentary pattern of life. School based health services is the need of the hour. Hospitals should have a special way of dealing with obese teenagers. Here are s
