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Childhood obesity as a Risk factor for Cardiovascular disease
How big is the problem?
Obesity itself is a medical condition in which excess body fat accumulated to the extent and it may have effect to the heart. Early obesity alone, is linked to certain abnormalities in the blood that can predispose individuals to developing cardiovascular disease early in adulthood.
Based on US government statistics, almost 32% of US nation's children and adolescents are obese or overweight. Of that 32%, 20% of kids 6- to 11-years-old and 18% of those between 12 and 19 are actually obese.
Or in the other words is the obese children are quite large in numbers.
The upward shifts in population body-fat distributions. Shown, by the increase in obesity has been particularly marked in children. There is strong evidence that adult obesity is a risk factor for atherosclerotic disease, cardiovascular events, and cardiac dysfunction, and partly a consequence of its strong association with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Until now, cardiovascular's disease is the leading cause of death in the world, not only death but also cause significant numbers of morbidity.
Raising in childhood obesity, gives a substantial challenges for clinicians and those concerned with public health. It maybe related to widespread decline in physical activity and energy expenditure, without a compensatory decline in dietary energy intake. As an example: the usage of motorized transport has replaced physical modes of transport such walking and cycling. Also, calorie density of many foods and drinks, make calorie intake excess the daily needs. As result, accumulation body fat can't be avoided.
Health effects
Obesity is associated with cardiovascular disease and also metabolic syndrome.
Childhood obesity, it will cause a widespread increase in body fat from early life, so it increases the burden of obesity of longer duration, and will lead to certain circumstances such greater risk of cardiovascular disease.
Childhood obesity carries a greatly increased risk of adult obesity, which is likely to be accentuated as adult obesity prevalence increases.
Adult obesity investigations may find out several informations about health behaviors, diet and exercise from childhood period.
Childhood obesity has the same effects on the cardiovascular system as adult obesity but the changes occurs earlier., including impaired endothelial function, diminished arterial distensibility, adverse changes in intimamedia thickness and increased risk of atherosclerosis.
From Health Central study, obese children experienced fatty deposits in their arteries earlier by age of 7, and developed stages of arteries hardening in their teens. This may become the first generation of kids whose life expectancy will be shorter than those of their parents.
American Heart Association found in 2008, that obese children and teens or have high cholesterol have the thickness of artery walls as 45-year-olds. The researchers at Nemours Children's Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida also found that obese children are showing higher levels of the clotting factor fibrinogen, as well as ten times higher levels of the inflammation marker C-reactive protein as early as age seven.
In summary, that obese children as young as seven, are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, even before others medical condition appears such as metabolic syndrome.
Suggestions
From those findings, we need to do more aggressive interventions for weight control in obese children, even for those who do not have the co-morbidities of the metabolic syndrome.
In the last two decades, we have seen a drop in mortality from cardiovascular disease attributed to better risk factors control. Such as cigarette smoking prohibition, aggressive treatment of high cholesterol and blood pressure and improvements in diagnosis and treatment modalities.
However, that increasing levels of obesity, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome components will reverse the current favorable mortality trends. Moreover, the current social distribution of obesity, which is more prevalent in lower social groups, suggests that the increasing importance of obesity as a determinant of cardiovascular risk could exacerbate social inequalities in cardiovascular disease in the West.
American Academy of Pediatrics develops a simple steps known as the 5, 2, 1, 0 plan, in order to prevent childhood obesity and take care of obese children.
• 5: Eat at least five fruits and vegetables a day.
• 2: Limit screen time (TV, video games, computer) to two hours or less a day.
• 1: Get one hour or more of physical activity a day.
• 0: Drink fewer sugar-sweetened beverages.
But, for more complete evaluations and solutions about childhood obesity, you can contact your doctor.
Obesity itself is a medical condition in which excess body fat accumulated to the extent and it may have effect to the heart. Early obesity alone, is linked to certain abnormalities in the blood that can predispose individuals to developing cardiovascular disease early in adulthood.
Based on US government statistics, almost 32% of US nation's children and adolescents are obese or overweight. Of that 32%, 20% of kids 6- to 11-years-old and 18% of those between 12 and 19 are actually obese.
Or in the other words is the obese children are quite large in numbers.
The upward shifts in population body-fat distributions. Shown, by the increase in obesity has been particularly marked in children. There is strong evidence that adult obesity is a risk factor for atherosclerotic disease, cardiovascular events, and cardiac dysfunction, and partly a consequence of its strong association with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Until now, cardiovascular's disease is the leading cause of death in the world, not only death but also cause significant numbers of morbidity.
Raising in childhood obesity, gives a substantial challenges for clinicians and those concerned with public health. It maybe related to widespread decline in physical activity and energy expenditure, without a compensatory decline in dietary energy intake. As an example: the usage of motorized transport has replaced physical modes of transport such walking and cycling. Also, calorie density of many foods and drinks, make calorie intake excess the daily needs. As result, accumulation body fat can't be avoided.
Obesity is associated with cardiovascular disease and also metabolic syndrome.
Childhood obesity, it will cause a widespread increase in body fat from early life, so it increases the burden of obesity of longer duration, and will lead to certain circumstances such greater risk of cardiovascular disease.
Childhood obesity carries a greatly increased risk of adult obesity, which is likely to be accentuated as adult obesity prevalence increases.
Adult obesity investigations may find out several informations about health behaviors, diet and exercise from childhood period.
Childhood obesity has the same effects on the cardiovascular system as adult obesity but the changes occurs earlier., including impaired endothelial function, diminished arterial distensibility, adverse changes in intimamedia thickness and increased risk of atherosclerosis.
From Health Central study, obese children experienced fatty deposits in their arteries earlier by age of 7, and developed stages of arteries hardening in their teens. This may become the first generation of kids whose life expectancy will be shorter than those of their parents.
American Heart Association found in 2008, that obese children and teens or have high cholesterol have the thickness of artery walls as 45-year-olds. The researchers at Nemours Children's Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida also found that obese children are showing higher levels of the clotting factor fibrinogen, as well as ten times higher levels of the inflammation marker C-reactive protein as early as age seven.
In summary, that obese children as young as seven, are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, even before others medical condition appears such as metabolic syndrome.
Suggestions
From those findings, we need to do more aggressive interventions for weight control in obese children, even for those who do not have the co-morbidities of the metabolic syndrome.
In the last two decades, we have seen a drop in mortality from cardiovascular disease attributed to better risk factors control. Such as cigarette smoking prohibition, aggressive treatment of high cholesterol and blood pressure and improvements in diagnosis and treatment modalities.
However, that increasing levels of obesity, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome components will reverse the current favorable mortality trends. Moreover, the current social distribution of obesity, which is more prevalent in lower social groups, suggests that the increasing importance of obesity as a determinant of cardiovascular risk could exacerbate social inequalities in cardiovascular disease in the West.
American Academy of Pediatrics develops a simple steps known as the 5, 2, 1, 0 plan, in order to prevent childhood obesity and take care of obese children.
• 5: Eat at least five fruits and vegetables a day.
• 2: Limit screen time (TV, video games, computer) to two hours or less a day.
• 1: Get one hour or more of physical activity a day.
• 0: Drink fewer sugar-sweetened beverages.
But, for more complete evaluations and solutions about childhood obesity, you can contact your doctor.
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