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 no 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

Obesity can lead to high blood pressure
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Words

  • adolescent = a young person between 12 and 18 who is becoming an adult
  • affect = here: to have an illness
  • apart from = other than
  • blindness = if you cannot see anything
  • blood pressure = the force with which blood travels through your body
  • common = when something happens very often
  • consequence = effect, result
  • including = also
  • kidney = one of the two organs in your back that separates waste products from your blood and makes urine
  • mainly = mostly
  • need = something you must have
  • obesity = having too much weight
  • pause = break
  • series = a number of
  • sleeping disorder = if you have problems sleeping or cannot sleep well
  • studies = reports
  • treat = cure, heal, make better
  • type 2 diabetes = a disease in which there is too much sugar in your blood
  • wheeze = when you breathe, you make loud noises in your throat and chest