Obesity In Children

DUDZIŃSKA, Paulina, MILANOWSKA, Małgorzata, GRUDZIŃSKA, Aleksandra, JAROSZ, Dominika & TSITKO, Hanna. Obesity In Children. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2022;12(12):232-236. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.12.036 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/40831 https://zenodo.org/record/7341078 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2022; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 09.11.2022. Revised: 20.11.2022. Accepted: 21.11.2022. OBESITY IN CHILDREN OTYŁOŚĆ DZIECIĘCA Paulina Dudzińska¹ ORCID: 0000-0001-8314-3784, paulla134@gmail.com, Małgorzata Milanowska¹ ORCID 0000-0003-1713-3304, m.milanowska@yahoo.com Aleksandra Grudzińska¹ ORCID: 0000-0002-1024-176X, aleksandra-gru@o2.pl Dominika Jarosz¹ ORCID: 0000-0003-1933-0600, d-jagiello@wp.pl Hanna Tsitko¹ ORCID: 0000-0002-2079-7382, htsitko@gmail.com ¹ Medical University of Lublin ABSTRACT Childhood obesity is currently a global problem. This disease is spreading among the youngest at an alarming rate. It leads to many complications such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, liver disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke and cancer. The risk factors for obesity include socioeconomic factors, poor diet, stress, low physical activity, and genetic factors. Research shows that neglect on each of these levels causes the development of the aforementioned disease. The priority of actions to prevent the occurrence of obesity among children is education about leading a healthy lifestyle from an early age. It should be run by parents, teachers at school and doctors. Currently, a major obstacle in the fight against obesity is the wide and easy availability on the market of processed products that are quick to prepare, high in calories and contain little nutrients. As a result of lack of time or lack of willingness, people more often reach for fast-food dishes, do not play sports, which unfortunately results in the development of the above-mentioned diseases. Undoubtedly, the problem of obesity among children and adolescents is growing. It is therefore important to prevent, quickly detect and treat this disease in its early stages and to build awareness among the population about the dangers of bad habits. This article is a review of current medical knowledge about children obesity based on available publications in Pubmed and Google Scholar databases. Key words: obesity, children, childhood obesity, diet, prevention of obesity