Presentation By,Agni Ravi Deepa - VI - C

Hey! My name is Agni, and I’m here to tell you about the dangers

of Obesity

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Obesity

What is obesity?

What are the causes?

What can you do?

The growing problem

What are the effects?

What is obesity?

Obesity is a posh word for someone who is very over weight.

A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight

Obesity

What is obesity?

What are the causes?

What can you do?

The growing

problem !

What are the effects?

The growing problem

• Obesity remains a major health issue for individuals residing in the UAE.

• UAE schoolchildren are 1.8 times more obese than US children,

• UAE is ranked as18 on a list of the world’s fattest countries

• 68.3% of its citizens are overweight

I think something needs to be done !

Obesity

What is obesity?

What are the causes?

What can you do?

The growing problem

What are the effects?

CAUSES FOR OBESITYChildren become overweight and obese for a variety of reasons.• The most common causes are

–genetic factors, –lack of physical activity, –unhealthy eating patterns,

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•Inactivity: without activity you don’t burn as much calories. and you need to have more exercise to burn the excessive calories.

So the causes of obesity is a combination of states and risk factors that work together to store more fat in our bodies, and these factors include:

• Diets: some bad eating habits like high calories diets epically in the night, or skipping a healthy breakfast, and replace it by junk fast food, all of that increase the body fat . click

•Genetics: genes affect the amount of body fat we store and where to store.•Family lifestyle: not because of the genes we find the obesity runs in the families, it also because of their life style and the food they eat. We can notice that some countries such as UAE, have more obese people than others countries like Japan and this is because the culture and the life style.

Obesity

What is obesity?

What are the causes?

What can you do?

The growing problem

What are the effects?

What are the effects?

• Physical  – Children who are obese are likely to be obese

as adults– high cholesterol and highblood pressure

leading to heart disease–  Type 2 diabetes

• Mental– social discrimination and low-self-esteem

I wouldn't like to have any of those!

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Obesity

What is obesity?

What are the causes?

What can we do?

The growing problem

What are the effects?

Obesity

What is obesity?

What are the causes?

What parents can do?

The growing problem

What are the effects?

What parents can do?

• be a good role model for your child.

  • emphasize healthy eating, keep fatty and

sugary snacks to a minimum and keep fruits and vegetables

• increase their child's physical activity, perhaps by taking a few brisk walks with your child each week

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What can we do ?

What is 5210 ?

• or more fruits & vegetables • hours or less recreational screen time* • hour or more of physical activity • sugary drinks, more water & low fat milk

Let us join together and make Obesity free UAE

THANK YOU

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HAVE A HEALTHY LIFE