Childhood Obesity-A Rising Issue GCSE Health and Social Care

3 in 8 people are considered to be malnourished, however 40% of those people are self- conscious on their personal appearance.

 However Type 1 diabetes, which was extremely uncommon a few decades ago, is now a popular ever growing thing.

Type 2 diabetes reduces your body's ability to control blood sugar. It is a major cause of early death, heart disease, stroke, and blindness. Overweight people are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared to normal-weight people. Most cases of type 2 diabetes can be attributed to being overweight or obese.

 You can reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by losing weight, eating a balanced diet, getting adequate sleep, and exercising more. If you have type 2 diabetes, losing weight and becoming more physically active can help control the blood sugar levels.

However, a more concerning issue related to the topic of obesity is the USA, which is infested with many people eating to their deaths. Heart disease and strokes are the leading causes of death and-

disability for the people of the USA. Overweight people are more likely to have high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, than people who are not overweight. Very high blood levels of cholesterol can also increase risk of heart disease and often are linked to being overweight.

However there are two sides to this article on malnourishment.  Malnourishment can be either anorexia or obesity but now we are going to look on the anorexic side of health problems.

When we see an image of a heavily obese person, we tend to feel disgusted; not at all at one point do we feel particularly sorry for them. However when we picture a starving person, we feel a lot of sympathy- to me, this does not make sense.

Quite frankly, an anorexic person is someone who is starving themselves to death, and an obese person is someone who is eating themselves to death. Why do we feel more sympathy for one over the other?

Predictably, low blood pressure is an obvious health risk as well as anaemia as the victim does not receive the necessary nutrients for survival, such as vitamin D. Like a fool, they starve themselves from food, even though there is plenty for them, especially if they live in highly developed countries such as the United Kingdom.

When anorexic people are basically starving themselves; it is mostly due to the fact that they are worried about their personal appearance as most of us people do anyway. They lack self-conscious as they are always concerned how people perceive them.

Are these people just very worried on how they look and feel about themselves, or is it due to a psychological factor that is the answer to their anorexia? My opinion on this matter is that

I will now summarise and evaluate what I have just written -Overweight-ness and underweight-ness is purely affected by environmental and inherited factors, way beyond the victim’s control, but they do have a certain degree of influence. However, the most dangerous factor are your parents as they guide you through your life. They make decisions for you. They guide you, nurture you, and raise you. They tell you the wrongs and rights of life, what to d o and what not to do.

If we are to fight obesity or anorexia, we have to act. The parents more specifically; it is up to you. You control your off-spring. Only YOU can change the ever-growing problems of malnourishment. You have to act.