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Running head: Childhood Obesity 1
Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity fall s under the maternal, infant and child health. In this light, statistics show
that most of the children in developed countries suffer from obesity among other lifestyle conditions.
In this aspect, an evaluation of the causes of obesity describes that child obesity is caused by generic
factors. Importantly, genetically inherited conditions could attribute to children obesity. Also , lack of
physical activity and unhealthy eating could also attribute to obesity and overweight conditions.
Importantly, obesity ac t as a risk factor for high cholesterol conditions, high blood pressure, heart
conditions and diseases, diabetes and bone problems at an early age. The MIC act as important
guidelines and indicators for disease prevention and management in the society. In this light, control
of diseases and conditions such as obesity. Importantly, the family being the basic unit of growth for
infants and children, the nutritional therapy should be conducted to prevent children obesity. In this
light, the condition of childr en obesity should be diagnosed early to rule out the conditions and
possibility of health problems related to children obesity.
Additionally, the infant and children health streams down from the mother’s health during and
immediately after pregnancy, the mothers’ levels of prenatal care, the status of immunization, the
environment in which the infant finds after birth as well as the medical services the infant receives.
Research has shown that the federal governments have laid initiatives that are aimed at improving
children care. In this aspect, the elimination of the health challenges would help reduce the conditions
for children obesity to zero cases. In this light, child obesity is one of the health risk conditions that
children and adolescent face. Luc kily, the implementation of the health programs and nutritional
therapy is a clear way to solve the condition.