Kimberly B Klug, Thubi H A Kolobe, Shirley A James, Sandra H Arnold
Concurrent Validity of the School Outcomes Measure and the School Function Assessment in Elementary Students
Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association
researchers gradually becoming aware gravity risk overweight obesity pose childrens health article stephen daniels documents heavy toll obesity epidemic taking health nations children discusses immediate risks associated childhood obesity longerterm risk obese children adolescents become obese adults suffer health problems result daniels notes many obesityrelated health conditions thought applicable adults seen children increasing frequency examples include high blood pressure early symptoms hardening arteries type 2 diabetes nonalcoholic fatty liver disease polycystic ovary disorder disordered breathing sleep systematically surveys bodys systems showing obesity adulthood damage childhood obesity exacerbates damage explains obesity harm cardiovascular system overweight childhood accelerate development heart disease processes lead heart attack stroke start childhood often take decades progress point overt disease obesity childhood adolescence young adulthood may accelerate processes daniels shows much generalization applies obesityrelated disordersmetabolic digestive respiratory skeletal psychosocialthat appearing children either first time greater severity prevalence daniels notes possibility even raised increasing prevalence severity childhood obesity may reverse modern eras steady increase life expectancy todays youth average living less healthy ultimately shorter lives parentsthe first reversal lifespan modern history possibility concludes makes obesity children issue utmost public health concern