How many children die from obesity?

Answer 1

It is highly improbable that a child dies from obesity. It is remotely possible that a child would die from complications of obesity or with obesity as a contributing factor to mortality. Generally speaking, obesity just doesn't kill children. What is much more likely is that obesity can be a contributing factor to the shortening of our adult life span, can contribute to "premature" death later in life because "extra" weight was carried by an individual from a young age. Generally, children who develop a profile of "heaviness" early in life face a greater struggle with the "battle of the bulge" throughout their lives. And the effects of being overweight on a child or young person's self-esteem (which is critical) and on peer opinion (which is not critical but is, nonetheless, extremely important) can be damaging, scarring. Plus, being "heavy" has a "feel" of being a self-sustaining personal issue. Once a person is "heavy" (for whatever reason) he may likely make food and activity choices that maintain his obesity. What is probably the saddest of all is the lack of mobility of young (or any other) people who are overweight. They get a bit less from life. They can be quite happy, but could take it up a level with some help and guidance. (Especially if it came early, and with love and support.) Quality of life is a real factor in living. Poor quality of life could be argued to be the primary reason people terminate their lives. That is, low quality of life due to illness or just the perception of a "lousy life" meaning one not worth living (for a single or for a variety of reasons) as motive for suicide. Okay, class. Show of hands, please. Who among you does not think being "overweight" contributes to shorter life and lower quality of life. Anyone? No one. Thought so. Correct. No one believed being "overweight" does not shorten lives and suck some of the quality out of them. You all know that it does. Good! You've all done your homework. Superlative.... Look hard at this one. The country is starting to recognize the truth here. But we're slow. Too slow. Fat ain't where it's at. Fit and mobile is the ideal. Not buffed out. (But go for it if ya wanna.) And not skinny. Despite all the hype. (Why do we let people do that to us? Drive us to obsess over being skinny and do unbelievable things to our bodies to get there? Oh, sorry. That's another question.) In fairness, skinny can be unhealthy, but nowhere nearly as unhealthy (by the number of those affected) as being a good chunk overweight. Let's step up and grab the bull by the horns. We need to get this one under control. Lives are at stake. Quality of life, the joy of living and of cruising around on the planet in a body that isn't over-qualified for couch duty is something we have a lot of control over. If you have a choice of driving any vehicle on the lot, you gonna pick a sports car, an RV or sedan, or you gonna opt for a tired twenty foot box truck? How's it gonna handle? And how far do you see yourself driving it, hmm? Best of luck in any activity that pulls you back away from the "heavy" zone.

Answer 2

Obesity does not cause death. However, it leads to other conditions and increases the likelihood of death. Cardiovascular problems are at the top of the list. There are no good statistics for mortality rates among children due to obesity-related conditions. Overall, an obese individual's risk of death is increased by 50 to 100%, above that of non-obese individuals.

Answer 3

over 300,000 thousand Americans die each year.

Answer 4

Americans- 10000000000. Tre rest of humanioty- 0

Answer 5

About 300,000 people die a year due to obesity.

This is only in the US

Answer 6

18,000 have died in 2 yrs

Answer 7

Almost all are mexican

Answer 8

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