Several major dangers of childhood obesity

Obesity is more harmful to children, with the following major hazards:

1. Abnormal lipid metabolism: It is the biggest metabolic pathological change in obese children. Usually the total cholesterol, triglycerides and very low-density lipoprotein in the serum of such children are increased, while the high-density lipoprotein is reduced, which will increase the risk of heart disease in children. Risk of diseases of the vascular system, which can also lead to cholelithiasis;

2. Metabolic system abnormalities: Obese children usually have hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance. If they do not lose weight and improve it for a long time, they will eventually form childhood diabetes and childhood metabolic syndrome, causing high blood pressure and other problems;

3. Respiratory system abnormalities: Obese children often suffer from sleep apnea syndrome, mouth breathing and sleep snoring, which usually leads to poor oxygenation at night, drowsiness, memory loss, and cerebral hypoxia (i.e., cerebral hypoxia). and other symptoms;

4. Abnormal growth and development: Obese children are usually due to unreasonable diet, resulting in high-sugar and high-fat diets, which will promote precocious puberty in children. Precocious puberty will eventually affect height, resulting in adult height being shorter than non-obese children of the same age;

5. Abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary and circulatory systems: If obesity is severe, obesity hypoventilation syndrome (ie, obesity hypoventilation syndrome) will occur, which will affect the cardiopulmonary and circulatory systems, such as dyspnea, shortness of breath, cardiac insufficiency, Increased red blood cells, etc., may eventually lead to heart failure, or even worsening of cerebral hypoxia, leading to drowsiness, coma and other critical conditions.

Childhood obesity is not just about body fat. Obesity has many effects on children's health. The effects of childhood obesity on children's bodies are as follows:

1. Affects the growth and development of children: Obesity will cause some harm to multiple organs and systems, such as relatively large pressure on the bones and muscle systems, which can easily cause damage to joints, bones, and muscles. Obesity will affect children's reproductive and endocrine systems, causing early puberty and, in severe cases, precocious puberty;

2. Affects children’s brain and intellectual development: A large number of studies have shown that obese children have lower intelligence levels than children of normal weight, and the more obese, the greater the impact on cognition and intelligence;

3. Affect children's athletic ability and sports development: Obese children often have lower lung capacity and physical fitness, such as endurance, explosive power, and flexibility, are significantly lower than those of normal children;

4. Impact on children's psychology: If the body is too fat, it will put a psychological burden on children, leading to a lack of self-confidence, additional psychological pressure, and being maliciously slandered by others. It is also very common. Obese children often develop some psychological problems, such as excessive low self-esteem and isolation.

5. Hypertension: Compared with normal-weight children, overweight and obese children have a risk of developing hypertension that is 3.3 times and 3.9 times, respectively. The risk of developing high triglycerides is 2.6 times and 4.4 times. The risk of developing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is skewed Low risks are 3.2 times and 5.8 times.