Kids Obesity : Overweight Is A Health Problem

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The fats get collected when people eat more calories than they burn off. This feature is called "overweight" or "obese". This problem of health can affect adults as well as kids. Generally the issues of overweight or obese are between the age of 2 and 19. So there is threat to younger people with obesity like high cholesterol, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.

There are various junk food items such as beverages, less-active lifestyles, low-nutrient snacks and bigger portions of food are all big contributors of the obesity epidemic.

Body Mass Index (BMI) it is a measurement unit to know if someone is overweight. BMI is used by health care professionals and doctors.

Doctors says that a teen is under obese threat when his or her BMI number is more than any normal teen of 95% of same age and gender.

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