CHILDHOOD OBESITY OF GEORGIA

Childhood Obesity of Georgia

Problem Identification

Obesity is a chronic, complex and multi factorial preventable. It is a process that usually begins in childhood and adolescence and is set by an imbalance between intake and energy expenditure. They were originally involved attitudinal genetics, which determine a metabolic disorder that leads to excessive accumulation of body fat for the expected value according to sex, height and age. (Koplan, 2005)

Childhood obesity is a subject of great controversy in Georgia society, given the conditions; we can say that our country ranks first in child obesity, a situation that is extremely alarming. This problem unfortunately is developing at a younger premature, since it is more common for children to live in an environment that promotes sedentary lifestyles and poor nutrition, thus producing an obesogenic environment.

The busy lives of parents and their consequent neglect to monitor the quality of food for children, the fact that children are being bused to drive everywhere, lack of exercise in this population both in the school as in the family, as well as foods sold in schools are key factors in the obesity epidemic children living in Georgia. (Barlow, 2007)

Ultimately, consumer habits have an impact on childhood obesity. Moreover, the energy expenditure of children is in the red due to lack of physical activity, obesity is associated with a sedentary lifestyle product outline the conditions of urban life which leads to more time spent watching television and video games.

Bad habits acquired in childhood can lead the child to suffer disturbing consequences, primarily for health. The risk of developing disorders during adolescence is a clear example of what can happen if the obese child does not receive adequate treatment and care to their diet and way of life.

Epidemiology

There are biological and attitudinal factors that may develop obesity. Among the former were: family history, when one parent is obese, the risk of being obese in adulthood triples. Another cause is the early weaning (before six months), when the son of a diabetic mother, to be an intrauterine growth retardation. On the other hand, in the case of attitudinal factors, we can locate the reduced time for physical activity, replacing it with the time devoted to television, computer games and also when the child is not set meal times, with long periods of fasting and / or union of food, having inadequate dietary habits (diets high in fat, lack of dietary fiber, vegetables, etc) and increased consumption of processed foods. Some scholars have said that the main cause of childhood obesity - not a lack of physical activity and overeating. (Koplan, 2005)

Lack of physical activity, according to some scholars, is a consequence of obesity rather than its cause. A major cause of obesity, researchers are called bad food, and also the fact that many parents overfed their children. The report of scientists says that the best way to lose weight is not exercising, but a change in regime and diet.

Historical Data

Researchers at 3 years was observed in 200 children in Plymouth ...