Studies have proven that more that one in every four children that is examined by a health professional is either obese, or possesses a great deal of risk for becoming obese.
What can we do to help the youth at risk? Many people don’t realize that when they remain significantly overweight, they pose risk for more than 10 serious and possibly fatal diseases.
The thing is – we need to be realistic. Fast food restaurants are never going to go away, and parents can only prevent their child for so long. I know of mnay children that were not allowed to consume fast food, but did it every chance they got when their parents were oblivious.
Also, we can’t always force the youth to get away from the TV, go outside and exercise. There are also parents that won’t force their child to do that either. Many parents say that schools need to do this and do that, but they think that the proposal stops at 3pm, and they don’t have to worry about anything. "Since the schools can take care of it." Many parents, especially parents that are also overweight will not force their child to do something "just to be skinny", the thing is, many parents feel as if their child does not need to lose weight because they feel as if they would be catering to society’s ideals.

Hello, everyone. I am 22 years old. My height is 161 cm (5′4") and my weight is 110 kgs (247lbs). My problem is that I gain weight very easily. I tried several diets but my weight loss is very very difficult. I always lose much less weight than the average weight loss for that diet. Once I stop dieting, I gain weight quickly and usually end up fatter than I started. I compare what I eat and the quanities with people I know and I am a very average eater. My level of exercise is moderate, too. I have no health problems or diseases. My immunity is weak when it comes to catching the flu and things like that. I was a chubby kid, but since puberty, I started becoming really obese. Could it be my glands? Could some hormone be in imbalance in my body? A friend told me that as she knows that I eat too little for my weight. What are the probabilities of something wrong there? What kinds of treatment are used? Is it safe? Any side effects? Is it effective? Please share anything you know. Thanks!

1. Obesity is the condition of being significantly overweight. (1 point)
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2. Obesity is body weight that is normal for that particular age, sex and height. (1 point)
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3. The number of children in the United States who are obese has dramatically decreased over the past two decades. (1 point)
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4. The primary cause of obesity in children is either due to overeating, inadequate exercise or eating disorder. (1 point)
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5. Drinking too much milk is a cause of childhood obesity. (1 point)
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6. The average American child watches 19 hours and 40 minutes of TV a week. (1 point)
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7. One pound of body fat represents about 1500 stored calories. (1 point)
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8. High-density lipoproteins (HDL) are considered “good” cholesterol (1 point)
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9. Saturated fatslower cholesterol levels in the body and decrease the risk of heart disease. (1 point)
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10. Trans fatty acidsare the fats that are found in most processed fast foods. (1 point)
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My total cholesterol went from 150 to 188 in 14 months. I’m 33, healthy–BMI of 21, regular exercise, I almost never eat red meat and my daily cholesterol intake is always less than 50% of the RDA. No family hx of high cholesterol. What might have caused this increase?

I’ve met 2 guys in my life who are very obese and say it has to do with too much estrogen. Never said what their condition was called. What is it called?
It causes obesity(and these guys are REALLY obese) and manboobs.
Pretty sure its not cirrhosis. They’ve had this their whole lives. Also sure its not thyroid problems, although I met a guy at college who was only a little overweight (not obese) who had thyroid problems. I was surprised. He says that with the right diet and exercise people with thyroid problems don’t have to be obese, although there was this one guy back in high school who as very obese with thyroid problems and died of a heart attack. The sick thing is that there was an operation that would’ve reduced his risk but his family couldn’t affoard it (a good example of our broken healthcare system).

As for Klinefelter’s. Looked that up. That’s an extra X chromosome. Suppose thats possible.