In today's United States, the proportion of overweight and obese children has been increasing. One reason is that in our technologically advanced society, children tend to spend more time on computers, television and video games than on sports. Other than that, the problem is diet. Families spend more time eating out than eating healthy home-cooked meals. As a result, they tend to eat more food and eat a lot of unhealthy foods that contain fats and carbohydrates. In fact, in the new millennium, fast food and electronics seem to be two determinants of our daily lives – obesity is like this.

But obesity also brings a lot of problems. In addition to the unpleasant aesthetic appearance of obese people, there are serious health problems that may develop due to overweight and obesity. They may be infected with diabetes 2, gout, cancer, gallbladder disease, arthritis, digestive problems, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases and high blood pressure and other health problems and diseases.

Children with chronic obesity often suffer from depression and related self-esteem issues. A recent study showed that children and young people with overweight and obesity tend to have higher rates of depression than non-obese children and young people. The study focused on about 1,000 children in eight years with the aim of deciphering the psychological effects of obesity. The study concluded that long-term obese children are more likely to suffer from mental problems associated with depression and opposing provocations. Although the former is more common in boys, the latter occurs in both sexes. Non-obese children have little risk of this psychological problem.

Childhood obesity and overweight children was originally published on Spring