By : Moureen Thangavelu
Obesity or being overweight means having abnormal or excessive fats that may impair health. 63% of Australian adults are overweight, and 18.04% of Australian children were reported as overweight in 2012. Obesity has also been steadily rising since the 1990s. Behavioural risk factors include excessive alcohol and inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption. Women are usually more likely to become obese as adults, but males have higher risks as children. This is due to the number of exercises a person does and their diet.
Adolescents who are overweight or obese are more vulnerable to risky behaviour and are more likely to engage in maladaptive coping.
Overweight/obese teens are more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to have disrupted social interactions, stigma, and weight prejudice. These stressful life experiences, combined with the normative challenges of adolescence and the burden of maintaining an unhealthy weight, can predispose adolescents to participate in health-risk behaviours.
Overweight and obese children are often taller for their age and gender, and they grow faster than slim children. Increased leptin and sex hormone levels in obese children with excess adiposity can be linked to rapid pubertal development and epiphyseal growth plate maturation.
According to a study, blaming parents for their children’s weight gain can be irrational.
It has been proposed that the eating habits of parents play a significant role in whether an infant is underweight or overweight.
Changes in diet. Reducing calories and adopting healthy dietary habits can overcome obesity. While you can lose weight quickly at first, long-term weight loss is considered the easiest way to lose weight and the best way to keep it off forever.
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