These habits can be helpful if they are seen and available in schools and the communities in which these children live as well. The health issues that are involved with obesity of any kind but specifically in childhood obesity are high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, bullying or discrimination among peers, and heart disease and each of these medical outcomes due to obesity can be detrimental to childhood depression, academic achievement, social functioning and low self-esteem. ... These foods are usually high in calories that result in children becoming overweight. ... Healt...

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In today's society there isn't a block where you can't find fatty foods and high sugar foods. ... In New York there is high cost of living so the prices of living healthy is hard for those with low incomes. ... Children have become more at risk of getting high blood pressure and heart problems at young ages due to obesity. The fatter the body has to hold the harder the heart has to work pump blood throughout the body. ... Learning to juggle things and staying in balance is very important in America society, because that is how most if not many people live. ...

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Childhood obesity is already the leading cause of sustained high blood pressure in children. ... If the parents are constantly dieting and expressing dislike towards their own bodies, the child will receive the message that appearance is very important. ... Being overweight during adolescence is also associated with long-term mortality in men, and reduced functional status among elderly women. ... It encourages individuality, self-esteem/appreciation, and gives helpful phone numbers if a child needs to talk to someone. ... Diets used most frequently to treat childhood obesity can be divided...

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