Texas Obesity Research Center

One in 3 children in the United States is overweight or obese. Childhood obesity puts kids at risk for health problems that were once seen only in adults, like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

Obesity has been consistently associated with renal cell cancer, which is the most common form of kidney cancer, in both men and women. The mechanisms by which obesity may increase renal cell cancer risk are not well understood. High blood pressure is a known risk factor for renal cell cancer, but the relationship between obesity and kidney cancer is independent of blood pressure status. High levels of insulin may play a role in the development of the disease. Americans are enfatuated with "quick fixes", fads, and pill-popping, so a popular approach to weight loss is the infamous "diet pill". Weight tends to be gained with cessation of the drug use.

For our children. We must take the lead in solving this problem. We have to do for kids to emulate because "Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." Another study has also concluded that food rich in calories could induce addiction among children, which in turn inculcates risky eating habits, which eventually boils down to eventual obesity Further research also suggests that even taking out the obesity factor in the equation, junk food can actually induce depression on its own, depending on the child's personal outlook.

Television and the computer are prime examples of how technology and childhood obesity are making kids do things that are bad for them and if you want your kid to not become obese, you should discourage him from watching too much television, which is a major reason why children become obese, and to also address obesity as a health problem which needs to be addressed and not to consider obesity as merely being a problem with how the child looks. If you’re obese, your BMI is 30.0 or higher before pregnancy. About 1 in 4 women (25 percent) is obese. What kinds of pregnancy complications can overweight and obesity cause?

Obesity is a major public health problem contributing to 112,000 preventable deaths each year. The prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically in recent decades, from 13 percent of adults in 1980 to 34 percent of adults in 2008. Among children, the prevalence increased from 5 percent to 17 percent during the same time period. The causes of obesity are multifactorial, and there are many genetic and environmental factors; however, obesity is ultimately related to energy imbalance i.e. too many calories consumed or too few calories burned. Other common causes include Hypothyroidism, Hyper-adrenocorticism, Insulinoma, Neutering etc.