Obesity in Australia
Obesity in Autralia has increased alot over the past years as more fast food retasurnts have been created, more supersize options from restaunts and food joints and just general no exercise and laziness. Australia is now one of the fattest nations in the world next to America, and something needs to change about it!
Children in Australia, more than half of them are obese and overweight than ideal or underweight.
To maintain a healthy weight, you need to burn the energy from the foods you eat. If you eat more than you burn, your body will store the extra energy as fat.
Factors that may cause children to become overweight and obese include:
Food choices: the choices kids make on what they eat depends on really what theyre parents give them.
Genetics: rare severe disorders from older siblings,parents, granparents can possibly be inherited.
Lack of physical activity: Australin children are now the least active children in the world
Distractions: Watching too much tv or spending too much time on the computer for 2 and a half hours instead of doing something more healthy.
Children in Australia, more than half of them are obese and overweight than ideal or underweight.
To maintain a healthy weight, you need to burn the energy from the foods you eat. If you eat more than you burn, your body will store the extra energy as fat.
Factors that may cause children to become overweight and obese include:
Food choices: the choices kids make on what they eat depends on really what theyre parents give them.
Genetics: rare severe disorders from older siblings,parents, granparents can possibly be inherited.
Lack of physical activity: Australin children are now the least active children in the world
Distractions: Watching too much tv or spending too much time on the computer for 2 and a half hours instead of doing something more healthy.
- Food choices – such as choosing high fat and sugary foods instead of
healthier options.
- Lack of physical activity – Australian children are less active than
they were in the past.
- Spending a lot of time on sedentary pursuits – Australian children
watch, on average, around 2½ hours of television a day, as well as spending time
using computers and other electronic games. It seems that these pastimes are
replacing active ones.
- Overweight parents – a family’s eating patterns can have a major
influence on whether a child maintains a healthy weight. Some overweight parents
may be less concerned about their children also being overweight than parents
who have a healthy weight.
- Genetics – some rare gene disorders cause severe childhood obesity.
In many other people, particular genes acting together probably make some
children more susceptible to obesity. If there is a family tendency to become
overweight