Acc:1 Hazards of Obesity in Teenagers

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Overweight or obesity is better known in medical science is one disease that is scary enough for teenagers. Even some of the article opinion that obesity is more deadly than AIDS “Various disease caused by obesity such as diabetes and heart disease has claimed the lives of Indian people than AIDS. It is quite possible this phenomenon spread to the whole world. Moreover obesity also affect aging.” Said Joshi. And there is mention that obesity is more dangerous than traffic accidents. A lot of the impact of obesity in teenagers in the short and long term.

First, the psychosocial disorder disorders in teenagers. An inferiority complex, depressive and withdrawn from the evironment. This is caused obese teenagers often receive ridicule from his friends. May also be due in some activities he can’t do because of the resistance movement by obesity.

Second, the effect of obesity in aging. The growth of an obese teenagers physical will be faster and more advanced bone age rather than biological age.

Third, can the occurrence of respiratory disorders. Usually teenagers obesity is often attacked by respiraratory disorders, sleep snoring, often sleepy during the day. If the disoder is very severe usually referred to as the Pickwickian syndrome is the existence of alveolar hypoventilation.

If obesity is not tackled immediately, it can menyababkan more chronic diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabestes mellitus, and sebgainya. While health care is expensive. Therefore, if we as teenagers can maintain a good diet from an early age, so future we will be healthy.

Nama :     Aisyah Rossandy R.

Kelas :     XI - Acceleration    

No.     :     02