Sedentary lifestyle blamed for rising adolescent obesity rate in U.S.
Despite suggestion by previous ffxiv power leveling studies that genes may play a role in adolescent obesity, a new study cited sedentary lifestyle as a major cause for most cases.
Poor eating and activity habits, not genetics, are the underlying causes for most cases of adolescent obesity, according to the study by researchers at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center.
"For the extremely overweight child, genetic screening may be a consideration," study senior author Dr. Kim A. Eagle, a cardiologist and a director of the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor, said on Thursday in a news release.
"For the rest, increasing physical activity, reducing recreational screen time and improving the nutritional value of school lunches offers great promise to begin a reversal of current childhood obesity runescape gold trends."
The rising obesity trend would not be contained unless sedentary lifestyles and poor food choices are addressed, the researchers said.
The researchers based their conclusion on an analysis of more than 1,000 Michigan sixth-grade students who participated in the Project Healthy Schools program, which is in place in 13 middle schools across the state.
The study found that 15 percent of the participants were obese, and almost all had poor eating habits.
Major findings of the study included:
-- Nearly one-third of all the students said they drank a soda the day before, while fewer than half said they could recall having eaten two portions of fruits and vegetables in runescape money the same time frame;
-- While 34 percent of non-obese kids consumed lunches provided by their school, that figure rose to 45 percent among obese students;
-- Only one-third of all the kids reported exercising a half hour for five days during the previous week;
-- Obese children were much less likely than non-obese kids to participate in regular exercise and/or physical education classes, and less likely to be a part of a sports team; and
-- Among obese children, 58 percent reported watching two hours of TV in the past day, compared with 41 percent of non-obese kids.
The authors noted that the percentage of obese kids aged six to 11 in the U.S. rose runescape accounts from just 6.5 percent in 1980 to nearly 20 percent by 2008.