Studies Say Obesity Could be 'Death Sentence' for American Youth
By Hugh C. McBride
For the first time in U.S. history, a generation of children may have a shorter life expectancy than their parents have. The culprit that may be robbing these individuals of longer lives is a familiar figure to pediatric health and nutrition experts: obesity.
A study cited in the May 18, 2008, edition of The Washington Post indicates that today's children are likely to live an average of two to five years less than their parents "unless aggressive action manages to reverse obesity rates."
S. Jay Olshansky, lead author of that study, which was published in 2005, told Post reporters that the three years that have passed since his findings were released have not given him reason to be optimistic. "Five years [reduced life expectancy] might be an underestimate," he said.
Research performed at the Harvard School of Public Health supports Olshansky's conclusions. As reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine, a study of 102,400 women indicated that those who were overweight or obese by age 18 had a greater likelihood of dying of cancer or heart disease by middle age than did women who entered adulthood with a body mass index in the normal range. The study, which was conducted over a 12-year period, involved women who were ages 24 to 44 and cancer-free when the research began.
Dr. Pavel Bence, a chiropractor from Sterling Heights, Michigan, was quoted in The Source News saying that the findings of the Harvard research indicate that "childhood obesity is a death sentence."
In addition to enduring the health consequences associated with excess weight, obese and overweight children are also likely to engage in other activities that negatively impact their health, Bence told The Source News. "Obese youth were found less likely to exercise, and more likely to have smoked and consumed alcohol," he said. "Let me be the master of the obvious: This is a recipe for a shorter life."
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