The Effects of Obesity on Children by Moira T https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn Made with serendipity en-us 2021-08-07 18:24:25 UTC 2025-01-26 22:01:28 UTC hello@padlet.com moiratyne2000 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671768541 Childhood obesity can profoundly affect children's physical health, social, and emotional well-being, and self esteem. It is also associated with poor academic performance and a lower quality of life experienced by the child.]]> 2021-08-07 18:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671768541 Stats mullrooney1223 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671768611 "Potential for social and psychological problems. Obese children are sometimes ridiculed, ostracized, and bullied" (313) ]]> 2021-08-07 18:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671768611 moiratyne2000 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671768896 Obesity stigma hits children especially hard

When children and youth are bullied or victimized because of their weight by peers, family and friends, it can trigger feelings of shame and lead to depression, low self-esteem, poor body image and even suicide.

]]> 2021-08-07 18:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671768896 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpbZ33Dc53E ganiosm https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671768935 2021-08-07 18:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671768935 Stigma mullrooney1223 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671769280 2021-08-07 18:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671769280 teachercampbell945 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671769894 2021-08-07 18:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671769894 For children and adolescents aged 2-19 years in 2019-2020, the prevalence of obesity was 19.3% and affected about 14.4 million children and adolescents. ganiosm https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770041

]]> 2021-08-07 18:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770041 moiratyne2000 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770352 2021-08-07 18:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770352 ganiosm https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770366 2021-08-07 18:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770366 teachercampbell945 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770368 2021-08-07 18:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770368 ganiosm https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770682 2021-08-07 18:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770682 teachercampbell945 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770691 2021-08-07 18:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770691 moiratyne2000 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770749 Psychological and Emotional Effects
  • Social Humiliation
  • Bullying
  • Low Self-Esteem
  • Anxiety & Depression
  • Emotional Eating
  • Discrimination
  • Body Dissatisfaction
  • Eating Disorders Emotional Distress

]]> 2021-08-07 18:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770749 teachercampbell945 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770921 2021-08-07 18:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770921 moiratyne2000 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770926 2021-08-07 18:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671770926 childhood obsiety teachercampbell945 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671771170 2021-08-07 18:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671771170 Childhood: Obesity and School Lunches ganiosm https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671771176 Researchers say they have identified another risk factor for childhood obesity: school lunch.

A study of more than 1,000 sixth graders in several schools in southeastern Michigan found that those who regularly had the school lunch were 29 percent more likely to be obese than those who brought lunch from home.

The New York Times]]> 2021-08-07 18:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671771176 moiratyne2000 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671772487 Does obesity affect academic performance?
Although there is no direct evidence showing the poor academic performance for obese children was related to the deficits in their working memory, many studies indicates that obese children have a poorer academic performance level than non-obese children.
]]> 2021-08-07 18:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671772487 teachercampbell945 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671772808 2021-08-07 18:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671772808 ganiosm https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671772877 2021-08-07 18:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671772877 moiratyne2000 https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671772892 A new study by Brown University epidemiologists found that children on the threshold of obesity or overweight in the first two years of life had lower perceptual reasoning and working memory scores than lean children when tested at ages five and eight. The study also indicated that IQ scores may be lower for higher-weight children.

]]> 2021-08-07 18:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671772892 Overweight children and teens who are bullied are often called names, punched, teased, ganged up on, humiliated and ignored relentlessly either in-person or in social media by mean and often troubled peers. ganiosm https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671777328 Victims often feel depressed, sad, lonely, alienated, ostracized, angry, powerless, anxious and fearful.

It is imperative that we address bullying in our schools, neighbourhoods and communities because every child has the basic human right to feel safe and secure.]]> 2021-08-07 19:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/moiratyne2000/53yjk8vbf8bc7swn/wish/1671777328