Overweight Teens- Causes them different Health Issues

Since the late 1990's, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity with teenagers around the world, regardless of age, according to the information collected, In America alone, nearly 9 million children ages between 6 and 19 are overweight, and that number continues to grow according to information gathered between 1998 and 2001 (triple the number in 1980). The information also revealed that another 18% of children aged between 6 and 19 are at risk of becoming overweight as well. Obesity is defined as having an excessive accumulation of body fat, which will result in the person's body at about 20% heavier than their ideal body weight. Therefore, people whose weight is above what is considered their ideal range are defined as overweight.

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