The percentage of overweight children in western society has increased by almost 20% in the last ten years.

Over the past decade, the western society has witnessed a rise of close to 20% in the number of children who are overweight.

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essay will discuss how living a sedentary lifestyle is a significant

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responsible for

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worrisome development which may possibly result in mental

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disorders in these children. Several causative factors have been associated with increased

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among youngsters, perhaps the most significant of them is

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a sedentary lifestyle

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may be due to the declining rate of physical

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amongst these

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children, which

reduces their energy expenditure, a major

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implicated in being overweight. To illustrate, the Pediatric Association of Nigeria reported in its monthly publication in 2001, that there was a strong correlation between the time spent by children per day on watching television and their annual

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gain

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. It was found that children who spent more than two hours per day on watching television gained about

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twice as great or many

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for their ages compared to their counterparts who spent less than two hours on

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activity

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but remained within the normal

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limit. The study

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concluded that there is a strong association between physical

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and

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gain

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, it is clear that increased physical inactivity is an underlying

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for excess

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gain

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in children. Overweight children experience myriads of problems in

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day society, of which the most disturbing probably is the development of mental

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disorders. Mental

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disorders

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as

depression

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and eating

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disorders, mostly

stem from low self-esteem that may develop when these children observe that they are different from their peers. The department of Child Psychiatry in Obafemi Awolowo University, a reputable University in Nigeria, conducted a study in 1998 amongst primary school children in Ile-Ife to unravel the risk factors for

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. It was discovered that the prevalence of

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was more among children who were

overweight whereas

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overweight, whereas

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peers were mentally stable. It can be concluded that overweight children may be more prone to

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than children with normal

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. In conclusion, the

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of reduced physical

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appears to be the most important cause of childhood excess

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gain

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and a major result of

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is mental

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problems. It is hoped

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parents will take more responsibility of their children’s

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to abate

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trend.