At least five per cent of U.S. kids are '厳しく obese,' and the number is growing

• 全体にわたる childhood obesity 率s are 落ちるing, but the numbers of '厳しく obese' are on the rise
• Those in the heaviest five パーセント that also have a 団体／死体 集まり 索引 20 per cent higher than their peers are considered '厳しく obese'
  
• Bariatric (（競技場の）トラック一周-禁止（する）d) 外科 is now 存在 recommended for some children
• The American Heart 協会 says '厳しく obese' children are showing 早期に 調印するs of cardiovascular 病気

By Ryan Gorman

Published: 16:59 BST, 10 September 2013 | Updated: 18:06 BST, 10 September 2013

At least five per cent of American children are ‘厳しく obese,’ and the number is growing.

Part of a newly defined class of health, 厳しく obese children and teens are at much greater 危険 for premature heart 病気 and type-two 糖尿病 at younger ages, によれば the American Heart 協会. The 危険 only rises as they grow older.

An AHA 報告（する）／憶測 解放（する）d Monday 公式文書，認めるd the 最近の 傾向 in childhood obesity, but said that the 広範囲にわたって 報告（する）／憶測d leveling off of 全体にわたる obesity numbers is 存在 中和する／阻止するd by a 乱すing rise in morbidly obese children and teens.

厳しく obese: The newly-defined segment of the 全住民 makes up about five per cent of all US children

厳しい obesity in young people has 墓／厳粛／彫る／重大な health consequences,’ Aaron Kelly, Ph.D., lead author and a 研究員 at the University of Minnesota 医療の School in Minneapolis said in a 声明 発表するing the results of the new 熟考する／考慮する. ‘It’s a much more serious childhood 病気 than obesity.’

の中で the more troubling health 関心s are cardiovascular 問題／発行するs such as high 血 圧力, high cholesterol, type two 糖尿病 ? which used to be referred to as ‘adult onset 糖尿病’- and artherosclerosis, a 病気 that clogs arteries, the AHA said.

The only way to 戦闘 these health 関心s is by taking an 積極的な approach, because ‘most 基準 approaches to 負わせる loss are insufficient for them,’ said the AHA.

厳しく obese young adults and children are defined the same way obesity is 決定するd in adults, through use of 団体／死体 集まり 索引 (BMI) 測定s with the caveat that children are compared to others in their age group. Adults are given 始める，決める BMI value 範囲s with which to 落ちる under that 決定する their 率 of obesity.

At much greater 危険: 厳しく obese children and teens are already beginning to show 調印するs of type-two 糖尿病 and cardiovascular 病気

Children over age 2 are 厳しく obese if their BMI is at least 20 per cent higher than the 95th percentile for their gender and age, によれば the AHA. Broken 負かす／撃墜する その上の, a child in the 95th percentile 重さを計るs more than 95 per cent of his or her peers.

Some of the 積極的な approaches 示唆するd even 伴う／関わる Bariatric (（競技場の）トラック一周-禁止（する）d) 外科, but the AHA 警告を与えるs that may not be an 選択 for all.

‘The step from lifestyle change and 医薬 to 外科 is unacceptably large because 負わせる loss 外科 isn’t appropriate for or 利用できる to all 厳しく obese children,’ Mr Kelly said, while still 支持するing for ot her ‘innovative’ approaches.

Innovative approaches: 過激な 治療s, 含むing （競技場の）トラック一周-禁止（する）d 外科, have been recommended for some 厳しく obese children

In 新規加入 to 外科, some of the other 推薦s 伴う／関わる the 基金ing of 研究 to discover better 麻薬s and 医療の 装置s 同様に as strict 固守 to diet and 演習 regimens.

The 熟考する／考慮する also found that 厳しい obesity should be 認めるd ‘as a chronic 病気 要求するing 現在進行中の care and 管理／経営.’

Not all news surrounding childhood obesity is bad, with the 階級s of younger obese people appearing to level off, even dropping in 18 明言する／公表するs, 含むing California.

No more 甘いs: 固守 to strict diet and 演習 regimens is recommended for most overweight children and teens

California せいにするs the 減少（する） in childhood obesity across the 明言する／公表する to a proactive approach taken by schools.

Derisively called ‘fat letters’ by parents and students, 地区s have been sending letters home to the parents of children 落ちるing above the threshold the AHA considers 厳しく obese. About 200 out of every 900 結局最後にはーなる with letters sent home, によれば a nutritionist.

Though parents have complained about the notifications, they do appear to be making a difference.
This practice was not について言及するd by the AHA as a 武器 in their fight against childhood obesity.