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The Concerns of Obesity in Children and Young People

Introduction
Fat adults are fat because they eat too much fatty food and do not get enough exercise. Fat children are healthy and cute. Fat teenagers are not. Fat people are funny. Fat people can lose weight if they really wanted to.
These are just a few common perceptions the public have of people who are over their ideal body weight. What most people do not know is that being overweight or obese carry with it a myriad of health risks, economic burden, social problems and psychological stress.
In simplistic terms, obesity occurs when the body takes in more energy than it expends, and this propensity for storing excess energy (fat) is attributed to several factors interacting in complex ways. The common idea is that it is caused by the intake of excessive amounts or high-fat, high-energy foods and beverages, whether processed or not. Others perceive that being fat means prosperous (hence high socio-economic......

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