Genetics? A Reason For The Childhood Obesity Explosion?
The causes of a child developing childhood obesity are numerous. This article will explore the consideration of a child's genes being responsible for "inheriting" the disease of childhood obesity.
Former research has suggested that adult body-mass index (BMI) is 55 percent to 85 percent heritable. Genes in the spectrum of 15q11?13 may be abnormally expressed as the cause of possibly a structural or functional abnormality in this chromosomal spectrum. Although the precise genetic causes have not yet been identified, the genetic lesion(s) seem to relate to hypothalamic malfunction.
Undoubtedly, studies of the rapid expansion of the visually definitive prevalence of childhood obesity in first world nations clearly demonstrates genetics cannot be blamed as a predominant cause of the sudden jump in childhood obesity that has developed in recent experience.
Genetic syndromes where obesity is considered a key event are very unique. Plus these usually have an linked significant physical abnormality as well as mental retardation. Dysmorphic syndromes, known as Turner's and Beckwith-Wiedemann, are normally found at development.
A number of research projects suggest that Genetics will assist to explain a child's desires towards specific dislikes, like sugar versus saltiness. However, further research is required to determine why a child may have a strong preference for food from a fast food outlet; e.g. ham-burger; in preference to enjoying a healthy home cooked meal?
The shocking statistics relating to the dramatic increase in the number of children now classified as being in the "obese" classification is alarming. While the factor of genes inherited from parents, who are also obese, must have some bearing upon the matter, it would appear strange that this factor could have such an immediate and massive impact in such a short time frame.
The childhood obesity epidemic really gathered pace during the past decade, and for that reason, it is considered that the "genes" factor is not a significant factor in being a major causal contributor in childhood obesity.
The major contributors to this impending disaster are more likely to emanate from major family lifestyle changes that have developed in first world countries in the past couple of decades. For example; the huge increase in the number of fulltime working parents, and the commensurate increase in a lowering of home cooked, healthy meals in preference to consumption of "fast foods" and "heavily processed" food.
Steve Fairmont is the Author and Creator of the ebook "Childhood Obesity - Health Scourge of the 21st Century". Steve writes extensively on the subject of Childhood Obesity and the related impending health disaster that will follow in the next decade. Steve's free ebook can be downloaded.
Added: 09 июня 2008
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