Obesity – Ushering in A New Epidemic of Gigantic Proportions
Posted by Alex
A crisis of epidemic proportions is coming in the form of type 2 diabetes which would surely affect the health of future Americans due to rising childhood obesity. Growing waistlines in children used to be a sign of health yet scientists say that too much of a good thing leads to bad health in later life. The organs of the body can handle only so much strain that over-eating can impair function of their still developing livers. Obesity and diabetes go hand in hand for most of the foods children favor either have too much sugar or doesn’t meet their daily nutrition needs setting off a chain reaction that prevents their organs from developing properly.
Children who have very high sugar intake are sure to damage their livers which produces insulin, the body’s sugar regulator. Sugars are the cells fuel or food allowing them to function and metabolize, too much of it tends to be put under control by insulin but overloaded livers can fail even at an early stage, sure to usher in a rash of complication in late childhood into adult life.