Childhood Obesity Statistics: 12 Reasons for Concern



You try to do everything for your kids’ health. Yet childhood obesity statistics continue to mount. Could something they do doing every day be affecting them?

In today’s overly toxic world there are many things you are exposed to that harm your health and you may not even be aware of them or how likely your exposure is.  Some examples include:

  1. Teflon / non-stick coatings on cookware
  2. Fragrances in many items such as candles and sprays
  3. Flame retardants in most clothing, linens and furniture
  4. Rapidly grilled meat

While the list is much longer, these are a few that we are all very commonly exposed to. The one I did not put on this list, though, it likely the most common exposure.

That 12 ounce bottled water sitting next to you right now.

Somewhere along the way, society decided that we were at risk of spontaneously desiccating to a husk if we did not have water immediately accessible at every single moment of our lives. Personally, I haven’t seen it happen, but I suppose it could.

This behavior has had a price to pay. The exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) has increased as a result of this proximity to bottled water. I have certainly written in past blogs about how bad BPA can be for our health, increasing the risk of obesity, diabetes and certain cancers like breast cancer.

This particular article takes a look at the relationship between BPA exposure and childhood obesity statistics.  Researchers looked at the urine BPA levels of children aged 9-19 and looked at how many suffered from childhood obesity. Here’s what they found:

  • Those with the lowest BPA had the lowest risk of childhood obesity.
  • Those kids with the highest levels of BPA had a 22% greater risk of being classified as having childhood obesity than the kids with the lowest levels.

Granted, 22% is not a huge number, but given that the childhood obesity statistics are continually heading up, anything we can do to impact this process is a good thing. So scrap the plastic water bottle and start giving your dehydrated children tea in a BPA free water container.

Are you still buying bottled water for your family?

James Bogash

For more than a decade, Dr. Bogash has stayed current with the medical literature as it relates to physiology, disease prevention and disease management. He uses his knowledge to educate patients, the community and cyberspace on the best way to avoid and / or manage chronic diseases using lifestyle and targeted supplementation.







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Categories: Childhood Obesity, Environmental, Obesity and Weight Loss
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