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Obesity | Causes of childhood obesity

Eating habits: 

The most prominent cause of childhood obesity is unreasonable eating habits. Many children with childhood obesity like to eat high-calorie foods and sweets, often snacks, and skip breakfast. According to the survey, the probability of obesity by eating breakfast only once a week is 18.6%, and the probability of obesity by eating breakfast every day is 11.8%.

Lifestyle: 

I don’t like exercise, watch TV often, and like to lie still after eating, these are also the reasons for childhood obesity. According to the survey, every additional hour of TV watching increases the probability of obesity by 1.5%.

Endocrine disorders: 

Although growth hormone deficiency, thyroid hormone deficiency, and excessive cortisol are rare in obese children and adolescents, these diseases are characterized by decreased energy consumption and decreased growth, which causes slow growth in short stature children. Central obesity.

Drugs: 

Long-term high-dose glucocorticoid therapy has a special form of central weight gain.

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