What is obesity doing to modern day youths and teenagers?
Obesity is common among our modern day teens as well as adults, but there are ways to reduce obesity.
We live in a society full of obese teens who do not understand ramifications of their actions. Obesity can affect teenagers' mental, emotional and physical health in many ways. When people think of a teenager they think of healthy, skinny vibrant youths. However in reality '16% to 33% of teenagers are considered to be overweight or obese', while numbers still continue to raise, health experts are still unsure of what the main problem is. Understanding how the child became overweight in the first place, is an important step toward breaking the cycle. Most cases of obesity are caused by eating junk food and limited exercise. When people think of obese people, they think of it as an appearance issue. However being overweight is actually a medical concern because it can seriously affect a person's health and their family.
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