Childhood Obesity

Obesity can be defined as a human condition that impairs normal function and implies ill-health.
The main causes of obesity are unhealthy food choice, lack of physical activity and sedentary life style.Obesity is a national epidemic in Australia. For example, one quarter of Australian children, 7 to 15 years olds are overweight or obesity. Also it is pridicted that 65 per cent of Australian children will be obesity in 2020. But obesity is not only a national problem. It is worldwide problem in developed countries. Likewise, childhood obesity cause the undesired damage to the health such as eating disorder, type 2 diabetes, liver problem, sleep apnoea and cardiomyopathy.In addition, obesity make social problem from teasing by the peer, low self-esteem , poor body image and children can be isolated.But obesity is a preventable disease which is linked with healthy food choice, limiting on TV and computer time and increasing fun activities.