Overweight Child & Teen Obesity
Hi Everyone,
As an overweight child, I often felt alone and separated from other children. Experiencing teen obesity, I felt the same. Back in the sixties and seventies as a child, there was very little information for parents to help their overweight child. Child obesity statistics were not well known and child weight loss advice from doctors was to spit out anything that tasted good!
Now, parents and guardians have much more information to help their overweight child. In a recent study supported by the US Department of Health & Human Services, behavior modification was found to help with child weight loss.
Approximately 17% of children fall in the greater than 95th percentile for weight, which technically is obese. Studies show these overweight children will go on to face teen obesity and remain obese as adults.
Behavioral interventions that helped with child weight loss were dietary and exercise lifestyle changes and goal setting. These are the strategies I used to lose over 140 pounds in 2005 and I continue to use them to maintain the weight loss.
Take care,
Georgene
Tags: Child obesity statistics, child weight loss, medications for weight loss, overweight child, Teen obesity
