Prevalence of Obesity in USA

Introduction

There are many medical conditions that might affect the ability of the adolescent. Contrary to the normal belief, all these conditions are not related to epilepsy, diabetes or other such diseases which are non-visible. And chronic disease is one of the worst offenders on this account (Gross & Kinnison, 2007). The term chronic is applied when the course of the disease lasts has the duration of more than three months. Common chronic diseases that the adolescent faces are arthritis, cancer, asthma and even COPD.

This has to be kept in mind that chronic diseases are further distinguished from a recurrent course (Gross & Kinnison, 2007). Chronic diseases are one of the largest causes of the mortalities as per the WHO reports suggest. Some reports suggest that chronic diseases are the leading cause of the mortality and even cause 60% of the deaths worldwide. Even in the United States, chronic disease was one of the top ten causes of the deaths in the general USA population (Gross & Kinnison, 2007).

Discussion

Chronic pain may result in the limitations in the strength, standing, sitting, kneeling and carrying ability of the adolescent (Gurung, 2010). There is sudden change in the body temperature that might increase the extremity of the pain. The most common type of chronic pain included allergies in the respiration, asthma and severe headaches. The sort of pain the adolescent faces has a varying impact on the adolescent (Abraham et al, 2008). They were prone to behavioral problem as compared to children with the healthy lifestyle. Adolescents who had multiple chronic conditions as the research shows had more bed days, less productivity at the school. So the impact on the adolescent was not only physical as well as mental. (Abraham et al, 2008)

Impact of the Chronic Disease on the Adolescent

But this is the case on one of the more extreme sides. More or less all the children's in the USA had some sort of physical problem (Gurung, 2010). And they come and go, but as compared to adolescents who were competing with the chronic disease, the problems were more compound. The chronic condition is an umbrella term (Bernstein et al, 2012). Adolescent may not be ill most of the times, but it can be a recurrent pattern to it. The adolescent that might be suffering from the chronic disease had to spend lot time at the hospital or extensive medical care (Burton et al, 2012). There is a sense that starts to develop among the child that they are different than the others (Abraham et al, 2008). Due to the inactivity, their families have to face the brunt of most of the problems that they face.

Infants and the Toddlers

Infants and the toddlers though are beginning to get the feel of the world, so they do not have understanding of their conditions to a great extent (Bernstein et al, 2012).

Pre-School Days

As the adolescent starts to develop that sense of independence that they understand that they are not really ...