Write an essay about Children Obesity

                Are the lives of children at risk because of increasing obesity? The children obesity in Kuwait is reaching an epidemic, and it has become a major health issue in country.  Over the last decade the rate of obesity is rapidly increasing among young children in Kuwait. Obesity is a major threat to the lives of our new generations. There are many of reason behind the increasing rate of obesity among the children for example; lack of physical activities, unhealthy diet, overeating etc. With the increasing obesity in the children, there is also an increased risk of having many of the non-communicable diseases. All such diseases are taking the lives of many people every year. The Parents of children generally don’t consider obesity a major health issue but it is.  The parents have the responsibility to take care of diet and physical activities of children, to help them overcome the obesity.

            The parents need to understand the cause of obesity in their children and before it gets too late it should be controlled. The question here is that how obesity can be controlled? Awareness should be given to the parents along with children so that they can come to know about after effects of obesity. First thing parents can do is to know exactly the reason behind their children obesity because reason of obesity varies person to person. The parents remember that obesity can also put their children’s lives at danger. It is well said by Tom Vilsack “The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk”. Awareness concerning consequences of obesity must be given to the parents and children through seminars, small lectures in schools and also through television shows (Nahhas, Asamoah, Mullen, Nwaru, & Nurmatov, 2018).

            The parents need to focus on the dietary habits and physical activities of children. They made sure that food that children consuming is healthy and nutritious. Jung food should be omitted from the children’s diet because it is one of the major causes of obesity. As David H. Murdock said “By eating many fruits and vegetables in place of fast food and junk food, people could avoid obesity.” Parents make sure to add different vegetables and fruits in children’s diet as they can also help in reducing weight and being healthy. The fizzy drinks and other sweeteners that contain a lot of sugar must be cut down to make children healthy and fit. Other than healthy diet, the physical activities must be encouraged by parents to make their children fit and fight against obesity. The physical activity is a must thing for obese children. They should take part in different games which require physical effort to help them reduce their weight quickly and stay fit and healthy. Adopting a healthy life style with proper healthy diet and physical activity is best solution to fight against obesity in Kuwait (Alrashidi, Shahwan-Akl, James, & Jones, 2015).

            Summing up the discussion it can be said that for overcoming the increasing rate of obesity in Kuwait, the parents of the children also need to take an initiate. The parent can play a major role in children’s obesity treatment. There is need to create awareness about obesity among parents and children, so they can recognize the problem. Parents must focus on the dietary habits and other activities that are causing obesity in their children. After knowing the reason, the parents needs to take a step ahead, helping their children overcoming the obesity. Primarily healthy diet must be followed by children, and Jung food and fizzy drinks must be omitted from diet. So, I may be said that parents can support their children to overcome obesity improve healthy life style for their children. 

References of Children Obesity

Alrashidi, M., Shahwan-Akl, L., James, J., & Jones, L. (2015). Contributing factors to childhood overweight and obesity in Kuwait. International Journal of Health Sciences , 3 (1), 133-155.

Nahhas, M. A., Asamoah, F., Mullen, S., Nwaru, B. I., & Nurmatov, U. (2018). Epidemiology of overweight and obesity in early childhood in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ open , 8 (6), e019363.