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.
20 million kids die worldwide every year due to obesity
I can't really answer how many have survived however, the world Health Organization (WHO) states that child obesity is completely preventable, so all children can survive obesity with the right approach to their diet.Did you know that more people world wide die from overweight (obesity) than from underweight (malnourished) - WHO statistics.
5 months and older
Hardly anyone dies of obesity. They die of congestive heart failure, or of blood diseases, or of diabetes. However, obesity makes all these other diseases far worse.
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There is no argument FOR! Obesity is an illness that has grave consequences. Period.
Obesity can cause depression in children as well as adults.
Left untreated, child obesity leads to adult obesity. Obesity in adults is responsible for premature death or disability in many people world wide (Fact - More people die world wide from being over weight than underweight - World Health organization stats). Child obesity is completely preventable, and if nothing is done to correct diets as a child, our children are being set up for health problems in their adult lives.