Teen Scene Determines What Weight Girls Will Gain
When you receive the Seal you will want to lose any extra weight that you have.
If you are a teenager, your perceived social standing in school is likely to affect your likelihood of gaining weight within the next 2 years.
A study recently came out in the January Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
The researchers asked questions of over 4400 girls aged 12 to 18 in 1999 and tracked them until 2001.
They were asked about their body size, how much TV they usually watch, what they usual eat, and other similar questions.
And they tracked the change in the Body Mass Index (BMI) of the girls over the 2-year period.
They found that the average BMI of all the girls raised 2 points in the 2 years.
They all got a little heavier as they grew older.
BMI is a measurement of body fat calculated from the height and weight of the body.
During those 2 years, 1 in 10 of the girls had at least a 2-point increase in BMI.
These 10 percent of girls were those who had rated their social standing low on a scale of 1 to 10.
One of the questions the researchers asked was what they thought their popularity in school was on a scale of 1 to 10.
Girls who rated themselves under 5 were more likely to put on weight than girls who thought they were above 5.
All the other information on the questionnaires was considered to adjust the results--information like how old they were, what they ate, how much they watched TV, how much money their family makes, and the BMI of their mother.
The researchers believe this study considers "physical, behavioral, environmental and socioemotional factors" that are adding to the rising numbers of overweight teenagers and other young people.
In the 5 years following 1999, the percentage of overweight teenage girls in America from 14 out of every 100 girls to 16 out of every 100 girls.
And there are increasing numbers of overweight teenage boys too.
Low self-esteem and emotional problems like it contribute to the rising obesity among these teens.
Added to them are bigger stressors like traumatic life events and sometimes abuse and neglect as children.
Though obesity can be caused by certain medical conditions, it is also often a condition that is inherited by family history.
There is the nature aspect of heredity and also nurture.
An obese parent often raises the child to eat unhealthy foods.
Diet is a major contributor to childhood obesity.
The lunches in schools are notorious as being high in calories, fat, and salt, and lacking in nutrition.
And if these children eat poorly at home it adds to the problem.
Simple overeating causes obesity among many youth today in spite of the kind of food they are eating.
They may learn to overeat from their parents and they may overeat because they have emotional problems.
Another big contributor to childhood obesity is lack of exercise.
Not only are today's diets increasing in fat and calories and decreasing in nutrition, but today's lifestyle is increasingly sedentary, especially for teens who do not play any sports or take gym class.
When you are sealed God will help you change all these contributors to obesity.
He will help you change your diet first--that is most important.
God will help you eat less and eat better foods like enough fruits and vegetables every day.
God will show you just what kind of an exercise regimen you can handle.
If you are overweight it is better to make getting and staying fit a goal instead of losing all the weight quickly.
When you are sealed God will help you change the 2 most important things--diet and exercise.
And diet is most important.
Just by cutting calories you can lose some weight initially.
God will give you the power to do this when you receive the Seal.
If you are a teenager, your perceived social standing in school is likely to affect your likelihood of gaining weight within the next 2 years.
A study recently came out in the January Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
The researchers asked questions of over 4400 girls aged 12 to 18 in 1999 and tracked them until 2001.
They were asked about their body size, how much TV they usually watch, what they usual eat, and other similar questions.
And they tracked the change in the Body Mass Index (BMI) of the girls over the 2-year period.
They found that the average BMI of all the girls raised 2 points in the 2 years.
They all got a little heavier as they grew older.
BMI is a measurement of body fat calculated from the height and weight of the body.
During those 2 years, 1 in 10 of the girls had at least a 2-point increase in BMI.
These 10 percent of girls were those who had rated their social standing low on a scale of 1 to 10.
One of the questions the researchers asked was what they thought their popularity in school was on a scale of 1 to 10.
Girls who rated themselves under 5 were more likely to put on weight than girls who thought they were above 5.
All the other information on the questionnaires was considered to adjust the results--information like how old they were, what they ate, how much they watched TV, how much money their family makes, and the BMI of their mother.
The researchers believe this study considers "physical, behavioral, environmental and socioemotional factors" that are adding to the rising numbers of overweight teenagers and other young people.
In the 5 years following 1999, the percentage of overweight teenage girls in America from 14 out of every 100 girls to 16 out of every 100 girls.
And there are increasing numbers of overweight teenage boys too.
Low self-esteem and emotional problems like it contribute to the rising obesity among these teens.
Added to them are bigger stressors like traumatic life events and sometimes abuse and neglect as children.
Though obesity can be caused by certain medical conditions, it is also often a condition that is inherited by family history.
There is the nature aspect of heredity and also nurture.
An obese parent often raises the child to eat unhealthy foods.
Diet is a major contributor to childhood obesity.
The lunches in schools are notorious as being high in calories, fat, and salt, and lacking in nutrition.
And if these children eat poorly at home it adds to the problem.
Simple overeating causes obesity among many youth today in spite of the kind of food they are eating.
They may learn to overeat from their parents and they may overeat because they have emotional problems.
Another big contributor to childhood obesity is lack of exercise.
Not only are today's diets increasing in fat and calories and decreasing in nutrition, but today's lifestyle is increasingly sedentary, especially for teens who do not play any sports or take gym class.
When you are sealed God will help you change all these contributors to obesity.
He will help you change your diet first--that is most important.
God will help you eat less and eat better foods like enough fruits and vegetables every day.
God will show you just what kind of an exercise regimen you can handle.
If you are overweight it is better to make getting and staying fit a goal instead of losing all the weight quickly.
When you are sealed God will help you change the 2 most important things--diet and exercise.
And diet is most important.
Just by cutting calories you can lose some weight initially.
God will give you the power to do this when you receive the Seal.
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