Obese teenagers

It is true that obese teenagers can be caused by genetic factor but there are also other causes which can be a trigger to obese teenagers. The obesity has become urgent health challenge around the world since obesity also happened in earlier ages. There are many parents panic because their children are obese teenagers although they don’t have genetic cause. According to many research, obese teenagers also can be happened by other cause such as family history, lack of exercise, stress level, etc.

The unbalance family history such as parents are busy and they don’t have enough time to prepare foods for children can be the main cause of obese teenagers. Usually the children will take fast food to fulfill their needs and it will turn their eating habit until they are teenagers. They will prefer eating fast food rather than eating healthy food such as vegetables or fruits. Lack of exercise also can be the main cause of obese teenagers since there are lots of fun activities inside the house or shopping centre so the teenagers will have less time to join sports team. Their eating habit isn’t change but their activities are changed so the calories intake is larger than calories burnt. Unused calories will be stored as fat and lots of fats can cause obesity.

Stress level also can cause obese teenagers as well. The teenagers sometimes faced some situations which will trap them into stress condition and some teenagers choose to reduce the stress level by eating candy or sweet cakes which contains high calories. If the stress level continues then they will eat more candies and cakes which will cause over calories every day and turn them into obese teenagers. The most effective methods to prevent the obese teenagers are parental control and advisory due to the limited life experience of the teenagers. Family supports also a good therapy for obese teenagers to gain their normal life back and they will have ideal body weight in the future.