Today, overweighting in children is running an outstanding challenge over the world. This situation have to be expunged as soon as possible since its negative impacts not only to health of juvenile who is stout but also to social growth.
There are many reasons lead to obesity. Of course, it is exists objective but not picayune causes such as by side effects of the drugs, stress, pressure. Lifestyle is the most noteworthy factor. Nowadays, children are more sluggish than in the past. Physical activities are changed by playing game on smart phones, watching Tivi, stuff the Internet on computer. The apathy for enhancing health is mushrooming. No exercing, no playing sports, no familiarizing with nature. Youngsters in the digital era spend their almost time on virtual world. Next, the lack of scientific eating mindset trigger off consuming too much food, including fats food, street food and sweet food. These contain a lot of fat that precipitate obesity.
Above average weight hampers physical and mental health. Stroke, heart diseases, diabetes are popular diseases that have a relationship with overweighting. Living with these diseases exacerbate quality of life beacuse patient can not even do daily activities and must live on medicine. In addition, portly children can be become objects for body shaming – a reality in many school on the world. Therefore, when facing with prejudices about weight or body shape, innocent juveniles’ mental health have serious problems that make them feel insipid and down- cast. Futhermore, in the future, work ability of person who is too fat will be tempered. This influences to financal economic situation of themsleves and society. To prevent a number of childhood obesity, at first, parents and schools play important roles in educating children’ s thinking like teaching them know which are the healthy and unhealthy food in orther to have a good diet, advising them to do exercise everyday and to join outdoor activties. Besides, instead of condemning vulnerable kids as their body, encourage them to begin postive lifestyle again.
In short, keeping body in shape as well as keeping a good health should be priority things in everyone’s life. Children are future of the world. Hence, let action to protect them, especially in obesity epidemic.