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Childhood Obesity Pathophysiology

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In this essay will talk about childhood obesity. Obesity is usually described as excess body fat. Childhood obesity is defined as children with excess body fat. This determined by BMI which is body mass index. This paper will discuss the pathophysiology, clinical manifestation, and medical management of childhood obesity. This paper will break down how a child can be diagnosed with childhood obesity and how a child can prevent childhood obesity. This paper will also discuss what other serious medical problems a child can have being diagnosed with childhood obesity. The next paragraph will talk about the pathophysiology of childhood obesity.
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Childhood obesity is excess body fat in children. This excess body fat is determined …show more content…

Any Body Mass Index greater than thirty is considered obese. For children, since children are always growing their age and gender are considered. The range of childhood obesity is from the age two through twenty. One of the main reason why childhood obesity is caused by environmental changes over the last thirty years. One change over the last years is highly calorific food. This also leads to unreasonable portions of food. Some of the food can be high-fat and high-sugar food. One of the most important reasons that cause childhood obesity is activity level. Children have sedentary time. Meaning watching television and spending more time playing video games. This causes lack of activity time and less likely for a child to be active. Another cause of childhood obesity is genetic. Racial groups play a major role in childhood obesity. Depending on what racial group a child is a part of the more risk a child has been obese. Childhood obesity can cause a physiological state of chronic inflammation (Spruijt-Metz, 2011). Chronic inflammation can attribute to elevated plasma levels of inflammatory markers. Chronic inflammation can lead to type 2 …show more content…

Low nutrient food may be high-fat and high-sugar food. This even includes salty food as well. Beverages include sodas, tea, lemonade, and other sugar-filled drinks. Not getting physical activity is not getting enough exercise. In some cases, not being active at all. Some other things that have an effect on childhood obesity are watching television and sleep routines. Some things that most obese children complain is shortness of breath, being bullied, stretch marks, and dry skin. Child Obesity symptoms are type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, joint pain, and headaches. For some females, this may also include irregular periods and unwanted hair. This is meaning facial hair. The test used to diagnose childhood obesity is BMI which is, Body Mass Index. If a child’s percentile is ninety-five percent or higher that child is considered

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