Physical Activity cannot fight off Obesity in Children
The latest report from the EarlyBird Diabetes Study indicates that physical activity does not have any major part in the obesity epidemic among children. Studies have proved that obesity is the major factor behind diabetes, heart disease and some type of cancers. EarlyBird is based at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth, UK, and is a prospective cohort study monitoring school children from the age of 4 to 16.
In a report published last year, trials giving importance to physical activity to reduce childhood obesity denoted weight reduction of a mere 90g (30z) over a three year span. The EarlyBird was determined to find out why the trials brought so little results. Studies took a deviation which is on the brim of challenging established theories.
It is a common knowledge that less active children are fatter, but it certainly doesn’t mean that inactivity leads to fatness. Maybe, it should be viewed the other way around: obesity leads to inactivity in children.
Based on their findings, EarlyBird were well poised to find a solution for this. With data accumulated over the past several years from a large group of children, everything comes down to one question. Does a become child fat because of the lack of physical activity or is it the obese factor that prevent the child from indulging in physical activity.
The answer, published recently in Archives of Disease in Childhood states it clear. Physical activity had no impact on weight change, rather weight factor clearly restricted the activity.
Until obesity levels are checked and dealt with, the physical activity of a child will never take shape and fitness which is crucial in the wellbeing may never improve. If physical activity cannot ward off obesity, the focus has to shift on how much children consume.
EarlyBird has already reported how the graph leading to obesity is established very early in life, long before children get into school-life, and how most childhood obesity is often related with obesity in the same-sex parent.
When taking into consideration, eating habits underlie a major contribution and certainly physical activity does not hold the magic wand against obesity.
Yeah, these doctors and parents should consider finding out the reason of obesity before blaming it on them. I think a whole lot depends on a person’s body nature.
Very true! Makes a canghe to see someone spell it out like that.
A lot depends upon the food intake. Parents should take greater care in the food habits of their children. Eating junk food is never going to help no matter how hard you might work out later to compromise.
Yup, that’s more like it. I believe the most cases of juvenile/teen obesity are caused by the inattention of parents.
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