terça-feira, 10 de janeiro de 2012

Obesity and adolescents


With each passing year, the situation becomes even more alarming: the number of obese people is growing alarmingly. In many developed countries the proportion of individuals classified as obese is already above 33%. So what can we talk about the relationship between obesity and adolescents, who are quite vulnerable to an enviable lifestyle, but unhealthy?

Obesity and adolescents

Healthy foods are changed daily by simple fatty snacks that although delicious to taste, put their lives at risk. Another point to note is serious as to their sedentary lifestyle that many young men come and go to their school by car, do not practice sports and have as their main leisure activity, watching TV or sitting at the computer.

The result of all this is the high number of obese adolescents have at present in our society. And the trend is not improving, since there are many facilities in our world, not only to take ourselves a sedentary lifestyle, but also to poor eating habits.

However, we should not say that this is already a "lost generation", because there is still much to be done to reverse the situation, encouraging the practice of sports, education in schools to change their eating habits and reducing the time in front of the TV and the computer.

However, all this is not very easy, since we are struggling with something that is desired by many: a relaxed lifestyle, effortlessly and full of pleasures for the palate. It is an uphill struggle, but we can not give up - if your son or daughter is above the normal weight for their height and age, is an excellent idea to advise you and take you to a dietician so you can track their treatment.