Sedentary Behavior In Children Linked To Increase Risk Of Overweight/Obesity

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Sedentary lifestyle is a type of lifestyle with little or no regular physical activities. As technologies are developed and improved upon, most human activities have become automated, this reduces active physical activities involve in daily lifestyle, such as walking to school, working on the farm, playing at the parks, to watching television, playing video games, computer games all day. Hence, being involve in regular physical activities has become a matter of choice, which most people are not dispose to doing. There has been continuous increase of children with obesity in United States. Factors such as, unhealthy eating patterns, genetic factors, lack of physical activities or a combination of two or more of these factors contributed to children being overweight or obese. Children whose parents or siblings are overweight may be at an increased risk of becoming overweight themselves. However, this can be linked to share family behaviors such as eating and activity habits. A child’s total diet and activity level play an important role in determining a child’s weight. Today, many children spend a lot of time being inactive. In the film Killer at large, one of the major points mentioned as a cause of overweight or obesity in children is the sedentary lifestyle of children.
According to the article Patterns Of Physical Activity And Sedentary Behavior In Preschool Children, by (Van Cauwenberghe et al., 2012) states that “Regular physical activity during the preschool years protects against the accumulation of excess body fat, while high levels of sedentary behavior are linked with an increased risk of being overweight or obese.” Among children today, overweight is causing a range of health problems that is previously not seen in...

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Eveline Van Cauwenberghe, Rachel A Jones, Trina Hinkley, David Crawford, and Anthony D Okely: Patterns Of Physical Activity And Sedentary Behavior In Preschool Children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2012; 9;(1)138. EBSCO Host Database. Publish 2012. Cited 2014 April 5. 1p. Available From: http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/9/1/138; doi:10.1186/1479-5868-9-138
Benjamin C. Guinhouya. Physical Activity in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2012; 26: 438–447. EBSCO Host Database. Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2012; Cited 2014 April 5. 1p. Available From: www.web.b.ebscohost.com.librus.hccs.edu/ehost; doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2012.01269.x

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