Obese Children Have Shorter Lives

Posted on March 5, 2008 in Latest News

The University of Australia claims that obesity can reduce the life expectancy of a child by two years when he or she is 20 years old. After a careful observation, it was revealed that the lives of boy kids were reduced by 4 years on account of obesity. In addition, it was also confirmed that girls were at a greater risk of living shorter lives on account of obesity.

The research also went onto emphasize that obese people with a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 25-30 were going to live 6 months less than the average life expectancy. It was also reported that obese people with a BMI over 30 were to live 3.5 to 4.5 years fewer years and hence shorter lives.

Tips to Control Childhood Obesity:

Listed below are few tips that can help your children live longer:

• Connect with you children through games, dancing or any other outdoor activity
• Control the eating habits of your children and do not allow them to binge on unhealthy food
• Encourage pre-schoolers to get moving through animated gestures, movements, etc
• Restrict screen and video time for your kids to reduce obesity
• Do not allow your kids to skip meals especially breakfast

A more recent study asserts that teen obesity seems to have tripled over the past two decades as a result of skipping breakfast. So encourage healthy eating habits in your children to prevent obesity that can make them live shorter lives.

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