Child obesity prone to heart disease later on:
The abundance of food in the rich set of social challenges faced by people of great evolution. Humanity is currently undergoing changes similar shape changes appeared 200 years ago, when more Europeans are about 30 cm high.
"Generally, evolution is a slow process and not very noticeable. At that time, the body will adjust in response to small changes. What happens now is that we environmental changes during its life is too short - just over a generation or two generations at most.
This is a challenge to transform the classical mechanism of man, formed through thousands of the world system to combat hunger. "
The average weight of people increased significantly in the last 20 years . In the UK, in 1980, the average male weighing 73.7 kg and 62.2 kg heavier women. By 2000, these numbers increased to 81.6 kg and 68.8 kg. In many countries, more than half the population is overweight and over 20% who are obese.
The new era, people not only to acquire lazy lifestyle, but also easy access to high-calorie foods. Televisions, computers and mechanization has contributed to the epidemic of obesity.
And with it, human life is reduced. Recently, an expert on America's obesity warned that many parents are living longer than their overweight children. In addition, people also suffer more chronic disease, from mild (such as breathing problems, varicose veins ...) to severe (diabetes, cancer ..).
A sign of utmost concern is that the appearance of the disease type 2 diabetes in children, a disease which arises only in adults.
Professor Prentice, to overcome the increasing obesity, should not rely on medication as it is doing extremely costly and inefficient. It is better to apply a healthy lifestyle, combining increased exercise and diet properly.
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