The rising number of overweight children in the United States is overwhelming. Although kids rarely think about what can happen as a result of their poor eating habits and insufficient exercise, the outcome can be devastating.
Children can acquire a poor self-image from being overweight. This is seen especially in school children. Kids in school are cruel about any imperfections their classmates might have. Heavier children are often on the receiving end of cruel jokes and this repeated verbal abuse can cause low self-esteem. A poor image of ones self can lead to being unsocial and withdrawn. This in turn can make poor eating habits worse, and then it is hard to recover from the cycle. People with these problems are less likely to further their education and are often less ambitious. They begin to see the world as very small, instead of full of possibility. After high school, overweight children have endured so much teasing that they have less desire to go to college, just to be ridiculed again. This affects their economic future as well as the possibility for a full life with meaningful relationships. One effect of obesity in kids is a lack of physical agility which can hamper bigger children when trying out for sports and other physical activities. Larger kids tire more quickly and lack the stamina of leaner kids. For most sports children need to be quick and often graceful, which for the most part heavier kids are not. Because of this overweight children are picked last for sports.
Being overweight can pose a wide variety of health risks including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and glaucoma. Husky kids are two times as likely to develop the life threatening disease of diabetes. In it's extreme form diabetes can cause insulin dependance, glaucoma, and kidney disease. Diseased kidneys, after years, can cause the affected person to be dependant on dialysis for their very life, since their kidneys will no longer filter the toxins from their body.
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