What is the True Cause of Childhood Depression?
Yesterday following the news on TV, I knew about a boy of 18 years old threw himself from his bedroom window, now this terrible news beyond provoking a deep pain for a broken young life, shocked me when I knew that the reason was the: “depression”. The boy was isolated from the external world, why mocked from his friends, simply because his chubby look, provoking in him a deep sense of shame towards his classmates. The victim was of male sex and appears that in the last years it is growing the number of persons of such sex that has depression troubles, when instead a study leaded in Finland on a sample of persons girls with humor depression in childhood and adolescence has shown a high risk creating overweight and obesity equal … Read entire article »
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The Problem Of Obesity In America
Obesity in America is the second leading trigger of preventable death in the U.S. Approximately 130 million adults in this country are overweight, about 70 million are obese with the Body Mass Index (BMI) much more than 30. Approximately 62% of female Americans and 67% of male Americans are considered overweight. Right now, there are above 25% of American children are also obese or overweight. An estimated of 400,000 Americas deaths per year might be attributable to poor diet and lack of physical activity. What can we do? … Read entire article »
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How to Detect If Your Children Have Childhood Obesity Problems
It is a well-known reality that if you compare today’s kids and children from a generation or two ago, you will discover some differences in a lot of aspects. One of the major differences is that these youngsters appear to mature faster in several techniques. For example, many of today’s children are smarter and taller than you were at their age. In addition, Some even reach puberty earlier than youngsters from one or two generations ago. One may argue that this is excellent although others could say otherwise, but you have to be aware that with this trend of earlier maturity, there is also an additional trend that comes up. It is a trend that gets a lot of parents and well being professionals all around the United States worried … Read entire article »
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