Teenage Obesity - The beginning of unhealthy life

Teenage Obesity continues to rise and about 15% of the target audience being teens. In most of the families both the parents are employees and they don't have enough time to be with their children. Due to want of time, they have to prefer fast foods and pre-packaged foods or teenagers are forced to get their food by their own. Parents are not watching the teenagers as what they are doing and what they are eating. Without enough supervision or guidance, teenagers are forced to get fast food and spending time with television and computers. They are getting more fats, oily contents through fast foods and they are doing any exercise for getting energy consumption. This will definitely leads to teenage obesity.

If Teenage obesity is left without giving proper obesity treatment, it will lead to adult obesity and give so many life long health problems for which prolonged treatment is necessary. Teenagers should be known about the health problems associated with obesity if they are now affected with or not. So that this will be helpful to their entire life, for his/her own and near relatives. Studies have shown that when females severely caused by obesity in their teenage they will lose their life at least four to five years, while for males in the same age group the ratio will much higher at twelve to twenty years.

Teenage Obesity and Discrimination

Teenage obesity is more ridiculous in America. Considering the fact of physical look in teenage, teenagers are giving much importance to the beauty tips. During the teenage physical appearance is getting greater response in the society. Youth magazines exhibit petite girls along with muscular, muscular males. They could not get any fashionable garments to their size. This will affects self respect also.

Generally teenagers are giving much importance for looking smart and attractive. If they are affected with teenage obesity, they are facing criticism and neglecting by others and thus totally they are isolated in society. Finally teenage obesity has resulted depression and stress etc., in their adult stage they have to get many other diseases like hypertension, cardiac problems like that. Depression is one of the main causes for teen suicide.

What are the solutions for teenage Obesity?

Parents are the main solution of teenage obesity. If they are having proper responsibility in lending proper care and love to their children teenage obesity can be controlled totally in America. Eating habits in the childhood could not be altered up to their adult age. Parents should give a helping hand to the children in their entire attitude for their better life. By avoiding fried and fatty foods they have been offered with healthy snacks such as yogurt, popcorn, nuts, low fat chips, and fresh fruit. Drinking more water is very important to the healthy body.

Parent should encourage your teen to be active and not spend lot of the time with computers and television. Practice them for gardening, washing the car. They have to get physical activities like swimming, jogging, riding bikes and walking. Educate them to avoid fast food products. Take family hikes on local nature reserve, nature trails, and national parks or visit the zoo. Riding bicycle and swimming are best exercises that are reducing energy considerably.

As a whole, parents should establish that their teenagers are under the proper care and love. By giving full support, teenage obesity will not interfere in the life and thereby parents are giving better future to their teens. An also it is very much important to note that the habits of the parents is being general followed by the children. So that parents should be a role model to them.

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