You can assume that if something is bad for you it is also bad for your children. A child’s body is completely different than adults. You may drink coffee but you probably wouldn’t consider giving it to your young children. Newborn’s metabolism is much slower than adults; however, after a few years the child’s metabolism significantly increases. A child’s metabolism is faster than adults. The increased metabolism is important for growth. During adolescence, metabolism slows down to about the same as adults.

Obesity in children is becoming a major problem in the U.S. Low metabolism is a factor for overweight children. There are many factors other than low metabolism that lead to obesity in children. Obesity in children as well as adults can be overcome with a better diet consisting of a lot of vegetables and frequent exercise.

Some Major Differences Between Children And Adults

Respiratory System: Children have small airways. Inflammation is a much greater concern. A child requires twice the amount of oxygen than adults.

Renal System: Children do not metabolize fluids as well as adults do. Dehydration is a greater problem for children.

Cardiovascular System: A child’s cardiovascular system is not nearly as strong as adults.

Blood Brain Barrier: This barrier helps keep harmful substances out of the brain. An adult’s blood brain barrier is much more developed and equipped to keep toxins and other damaging matter out of the brain. Harmful drugs and toxins have a much easier time entering a child’s brain.

Gastrointestinal System: A child’s stomach is small compared to adults. Children process food much faster than adults. Toxins children ingest circulate in their body twice as fast than adults.

Endocrine System: Children have smaller glycogen stores than adults. Children have a big demand for glucose; adults have a much lesser demand for glucose.

Soda is a major factor in obesity in children and in adults. Soda prevents children from developing strong bones and teeth. Soda causes dental cavities. It is empty calories. It is very acidic; ranking 2.3 on the ph chart. A high acidic body paves the way for disease.

High blood pressure, sleeping problems, liver and gall bladder disease and others are attributed to obesity. Obese children are not immune to those health consequences.
Obese children lead to heart attack and heart failure in adulthood. They face these conditions much earlier as adults than they otherwise would.

Increasingly more children have diseases that are normally reserved for adults. The metabolic syndrome is becoming very prevalent in children and teens. Genetics and family history put kids at greater risk of getting it. The main threat to getting the metabolic syndrome is heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

My research says that adolescents during puberty have the greatest risk for getting the metabolic syndrome. This is because the hormones during puberty cause a great deal of change.

The Risk Factors For Metabolic Syndrome

Excessive body fat

High blood pressure

Hyperglycemia

High cholesterol

Your child won’t automatically have heart disease and diabetes if they have metabolic syndrome, but the likelihood is much greater that they will. According to my research over a third of all teens have this syndrome.

It can be delayed Silagra or avoided through an active lifestyle (exercise) and diet specifically lots of fruits and vegetables. The White House Task Force On Child Obesity wrote a report called Solving The Problem Of Childhood Obesity Within A Generation. It recommended vegetable consumption be increased 60 percent by 2015, 75 percent by 2010 and 100 percent by 2030. The report also recommended fruit consumption is significantly increased.

Many parents have a hard time getting their children to eat vegetables especially the healthiest green leafy kind. Robyn Openshaw put together a way to incorporate vegetables and fruits into smoothies. Click on the link at the bottom of this article that says The Green Smoothie Girl to learn more and order it for you and your family.

The New York Times online said the American Academy of Pediatrics wrote a report suggesting children as young Cialis Jelly as 8 who have these risk factors should be given statin drugs. I am interested to see how many doctors will oppose that recommendation.

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Category: Health/Diseases and Conditions
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