What Are the Dangers of Youth Obesity?

Obesity in the medical sense refers to a certain degree of obvious overweight and excessively thick fat layers. The impact of obesity on the future of adolescents should not be underestimated, and parents' attention is needed.

Teen obesity

Medical sense

Among children and adolescents between the ages of seven and eighteen in major cities in mainland China, one hundred boys are twelve overweight and five obese; one hundred girls have seven In the past few years, there has been a rapid upward trend, while the student's physical fitness has a downward trend. Experts pointed out that the increase in national energy intake and the increase in foreign fast foods, sugary and carbonated beverages and sweets are important reasons.

Lack of physical exercise time and sleep time less than nine hours a day. Studies have shown that when you sleep less than six hours, the incidence of obesity will increase significantly. The reason is the lack of sleep

Nutrition Center, Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital

Obese patients are often accompanied by hyperlipidemia. The deposition of adipose tissue on the vascular wall will cause damage to the vascular wall and cause the vascular wall to form atherosclerosis. At the same time, adipocytes secrete adipokines such as osteocalcin. These adipokines can also cause calcification and damage to blood vessel walls, reduce vascular elasticity, and eventually cause hypertension. Diabetes is an equal risk factor for coronary heart disease, which means that patients with diabetes are very likely to have coronary heart disease. If these diseases appear in adolescent obese patients, they will undoubtedly have a great impact on their future lives.

Female obese patients are often accompanied by menstrual disorders, thick body hair, and multiple acne on the face. This is due to endocrine disorders caused by obesity, which in turn results in metabolic syndrome. Diseases caused by female obesity usually include polycystic ovary syndrome and hyperandrogenemia. ^[2]