How does being overweight affect children?
It’s widely known that being obese and overweight leads to health problems in adults.
Health issues that were once thought only to affect adults are now known to impact our children.
Obesity has long-term consequences in children, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, increased risk of insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes, musculoskeletal problems, fatty liver disease and gastro-esophageal reflux.