What Childhood Obesity Can Lead To
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Apart from the need for larger school desks and airline seats, what else is there to worry about.
- Type 2 diabetes was once thought to be a disease that mainly affected adults, but this not longer true. It can lead to blindness, heart and kidney diseases and damage your nerves.
- Studies have shown that obesity can cause children with asthma to use more medicine and wheeze more.
- Overweight children and adolescents are more likely to have high blood pressure than children with a normal weight.
- Sleeping disorders are among the most common consequences of childhood obesity. Some children may even have pauses in their breathing during sleep. If not treated it may lead to a series of other illnesses, including heart and lung problems.
Obesity can lead to high blood pressure
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