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The Western diet has a definite role in promoting an obesogenic gut microbiota. Gut microbiota is being increasingly recognized as an important factor connecting genes, environment, and immune system.
Eating healthily during those all-important nine months can stop your child becoming obese, and avoid mental-health and social issues.
Globally, in 2013 the number of overweight children under the age of five, is estimated to be over 42 million. Close to 31 million of these are living in developing countries.
Under The Children's Obesity Clinic's Treatment (TCOCT) protocol, a doctor has created a plan comprising 15-20 components. Childhood obesity has become a global epidemic, but it is not easy to treat.
Current data suggests that cardiovascular health is worsening during childhood and through young adulthood, with marked reductions in the prevalence of individuals with ≥5 cardiovascular health metrics at ideal levels at progressively older ages.
A new study suggests babies who are fed milk from their mothers' breasts gain less weight over their first year compared to babies fed milk - breast or formula- from a bottle.
Obesity can be defined as a body weight that is greater than 30% above a favorable target weight. Culture has often blamed obesity on the individual. We assume that people are overweight because of personal failings.