Child Health and Nutrition by

Childhood health and nutrition
has been negative in United States since 1980’s and now it’s an epidemic in
America (CITATION).
Children’s environment and lifestyle can cause them to have bad eating habits
and bad health(TRY TO
AVIOD A PERSONAL BIAS AND ADD MORE RESEARCH). Lack of nutrition, limited
exercise and playing outside shows in children being physically unhealthy.
Children with bad genetics have a higher risk of developing behavioral issues,
obesity and health issues(AGAIN,
CITATION). Companies who advertise and market junk food to children
contribute to childhood diseases and bad health(CITATION). In United Sates behavioral issues,
obesity, and bad nutrition in young children could be devastating to their
lively hoods. Lack of exercise and playing outside contribute to overweight
children who are very unhealthy with chronic health problems. Health problems
from being overweight in children make them suffer more than average weight
children that aren’t contributed by being unhealthy and obese. High blood
pressure, high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes are some
of the chronic health problems (CITATION). Children with preexisting bad health genetics already
have an overweight issues and bad health makes it very hard to control their
outcome of being unhealthy. Psychological Effects: bad health, obesity
and behavioral issues is not just a physical problem, but also a psychological
problem; a fact that most people seem to be unaware of. The psychological
effects of bad health, obesity and behavioral issues include lowered
self-esteem, high levels of depression, fear of being disliked by peers (social
discrimination), fear of being bullied (victimization), etc. Things get worse
when all these problems lead to the child acting out with bad behavior, shying
away, avoiding people, and eventually becoming lonely. All of this can even
make the child vulnerable and lead him to alcohol and substance abuse, and
further worsen the problem (Your
assumption? If not, add a citation) More importantly, there are
significant chances of the psychological effects of bad health bad nutrition,
and obesity manifesting into physical effects. A child who is depressed about
the way the people around him make him feel is more likely to implode and end
up doing things like overeating or substance abuse which will further worsen
the condition (citation).
Most of these effects start showing at an early age and have a severe impact on
the whole life of the child.

Bad health, childhood
obesity and behavioral issues can turn into a life-threatening condition in the
long run as the problems will only become severe with growing age. In the
absence of any medical condition, the only way to deal with this problem is to
resort to a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet and physical activity as its
core components.