June 5, 2012

High Blood Pres­sure in Adolescence

An excerpt from my book
Build Pow­er­ful Nerve Force A Cure For Those Dull, Dragged-Out Hope­less, Help­less Feelings!

Child­hood obe­sity is par­tic­u­larly trou­bling because the extra pounds often start kids on the path to health prob­lems that were once con­fined to adults, such as high blood pres­sure, dia­betes, and high cho­les­terol. This research strongly sug­gests over­weight pre­ven­tion may need to begin even before the first day of school, pro­mot­ing good nutri­tion, as well as exer­cise and fitness.

In the last two decades, the preva­lence of over­weight chil­dren ages 6–11 has dou­bled and tripled for Amer­i­can teenagers. The annual National Health and Nutri­tion Exam­i­na­tion Sur­vey done by the Cen­ter for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion found that about one-third of U.S. chil­dren are over­weight or at risk of becom­ing over­weight. In total, about 25 mil­lion U.S.
chil­dren and ado­les­cents are over­weight or nearly overweight!

Accord­ing to Mayo Clinic the inci­dence of child­hood obe­sity is rapidly ris­ing through­out the world. It is espe­cially evi­dent in U.S. where many chil­dren live seden­tary lives – watch­ing tele­vi­sion, play­ing video and web games, etc. and eat­ing more con­ve­nience fast foods, junk foods and sweets, which are typ­i­cally higher in fat calo­ries and low in healthy nutri­tional val­ues. See web: mayoclinic.com.

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