Explain the Obesity - Problems of Older Children and Adolescent Nutrition?
One of the major problems is raising obesity rates (upto 30%) in urban, well-to-do school children.This is of special significance because obesity in adulthood tracks back to obesity in childhood and adolescence. With nutritional transition, increased food availability and income, increased physical inactivity and faulty food habits and food selection in adolescents, the instances of obesity in adulthood are on a rise. Most degenerative diseases like insulin resistance, diabetes and heart diseases are seen much earlier in age.
Excessive eating out and snacking, especially long TV watching and snacking, parental neglect, little physical activity especially in case of girls, lack of safe places to play contribute to childhood obesity in not - so rich children. Stress and exam anxiety adds to this problem of over-nutrition. So then what measures/initiatives can we adopt to combat this problem. These initiatives are highlighted herewith.