The Death Factor and Obese Kids

[Linda]

Kids have many things to fear as they are growing up. They run the risk of many ailments. They run the risk of getting addicted to drugs. Teen girls run the risk of getting pregnant. Yet, now we are realizing that they also run the risk of becoming obese as many children are. They are becoming more susceptible to other things as well.

More and more children are developing Type II diabetes. This is where a child thinks of this, a child must depend on insulin for the rest of their lives. No mother or father wants to have to teach their child how to administer those shots. Yet, they have to and there is nothing that parents can do. Or is there? There is.

Children these days are said to have high cholesterol due to the foods that they eat. They are eating fast food almost every day. They are eating not enough fruits and vegetables. Sugar has become the life of many children. This is what we are learning from years of mistakes.

Since 1980, America has seen child obesity on the rise. We have tried to give parents a subtle warning that this could break out into an epidemic. Your child's lives might be at stake, yet many parents did not take this seriously. It has become an epidemic. From that, there has been an increase in deaths due to this. Then people say we should have done more and to which they are right.

It is said that some kids won't even live to half the life expectancy of their parents. In some cases, some children might die before their parents die. This is the harsh reality that we are hit with as of now. Children don't know how serious this is and we have parents who do not tell children this much. The government isn't asking you to tell your children that they will die, but you can warn them that there could be problems ahead if they choose not to live a healthy lifestyle. This is a hard truth for some parents.

It's even harder for some parents to change their lifestyle to teach their children how to change theirs. This is the only lifestyle that they know. Yet, if they do not make this effort to, they might be sentencing their children to the death sentence as more and more kids go into cardiac arrest at a young age. This is what America is facing. This is the death factor that we are referring to when we talk that our kids are facing some serious things that could eventually kill them. So, if you want to kick this, then you need to join Michelle Obama and jump on board with her campaign.

The lives of these children should not be something we wager with. We need to see this as the problem that it is as one out of five children up the chances of dying at a young age. What are you going to do about this? Read more about what you can do and help to urge your children to fight this fight for their life.