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Childhood Obesity Facts Are Not
Painting A Flattering Picture Of The Present Or The Future
Over the past twenty years the rates of obesity in children has seen a
gradual rise in many countries of the world, and this has led researchers to term it as an ‘international epidemic
of childhood obesity’. The childhood obesity facts that have come to light over ten years from 1985 to 1995 show
that in Australia, the number of obese children has more than doubled, and at the same time, there has been a
tripling of obesity in all age groups of children of either sex.
An Alarming Proportion Of Children Are Obese
As more and more childhood obesity facts come to light, an alarming picture is being
drawn in which, it is believed, that in 1995, the proportion of obese children was twenty-one percent in the case
of boys and twenty-three percent in the case girls. There has also been dramatic increase in the case of teenagers,
and this rate of childhood obesity in Australian kids seems to be accelerating sharply.
The case of childhood obesity in the US is no less alarming, and according to
childhood obesity facts for this country, there has been more than a doubling of obesity in preschool children as
well as in adolescents aged between twelve and nineteen years of age. In the case of children aged between six and
eleven years, this figure has tripled and it is believed that, at present, there are as many as nine million
children aged six or above that are obese.
With more childhood obesity facts coming to light, it seems that the trend of
childhood obesity is increasing and they are the same in the international sphere as well. Obesity continues to
affect children throughout the world irrespective of whether it is a developing country, developed or
under-developed country. Other childhood obesity facts show that along with the increase in obesity prevalence, the
heavy groups are becoming heavier while the lean groups of children are staying lean. This shows that there has
been little change in childhood obesity over time.
Other childhood obesity facts show that almost sixty percent of obese children aged
between five and ten years have a minimum of one cardiovascular disease risk factor, and twenty-five percent had
two or more risk cardiovascular disease risk factors. Also, childhood obesity stats point indicate that, for
children born in the US in 2000, the lifetime risk of being diagnosed with type II diabetes is around thirty
percent for boys and forty percent for girls, and this figure rises in the case of ethnic minority groups. Not a
very rosy picture!
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