Cause of obesity in teens

The dehydration obesity connection

This page discusses how the cause of obesity in teens is linked to dehydration.

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Teen obesity & dehydration

1) Overeating of processed, salty, fast foods. Certainly overeating, combined with less exercise, has resulted in the fattest children in human history.

But simply, the overeating of foods loaded with salt & chemicals draws water away from certain functions in the body as water is urgently needed to eliminate salts, sugars & chemicals.

This dehydrates the body & as explained in “Obesity” (navigation bar tab) dehydration sets the stage for weight gain.

Add to this the reduction in activity due to technology (video games, cable tv, etc.) & subsequent decrease in sports activity, & the stage is set for obesity.

2) Not drinking water. Over the past 100 years, for the first time in human history, many consumers do not hydrate with water. Look at how many persons turn to available soft drinks & caffeinated products.

This is especially true for youngsters who have been pushed by media to consume an abundance of sweetened drinks.

None of these drinks hydrate as well as water & in fact may draw water from the body lending our teens a double whammy of dehydration.

The only real solution is to help teens acquire a taste & even an appropriate intense need for water.

Reversing the cause of obesity in teens starts with helping teens develop taste for water.

Teen obesity treatment - how much water to drink

From 2 - 12 months of age - one ounce for every month of age.

From 1 - 19 years of age - one glass of water per year of age up to age 5, then add a half a glass for every year above age 6.

So, at 15 years of age, your child should be drinking, 5 glasses of water plus 10 x 1/2 = 10 glasses of water a day.

Adjust as needed according to weight and activity level. Heavier and/or more active = more water.

Teen doesn't like to drink water?

This may occur if your teenager has not been offered water as an older infant and beyond.

Encourage the drinking of water. Model it yourself. Good for you and good for your child.

Offer increasingly diluted juice. Week one, 20% water, week 2, 30% water and so on.

Obviously, a major cause obesity teens is the consumption of sodas so do resist buying them.

Since contaminants can lead to dehydration which leads to obesity, should you use water filters to eliminate contaminants in water?

It certainly can't hurt anyone to drink water with fewer contaminants. See navigation bar for more on water contamination.

However, using a water filter may be especially important for teens who are rapidly developing & so are constantly in a state of dehydration (growth uses up a great deal of water).

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