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Obesity Study of ChildrenDoctors' concern is growing about the nation's obesity epidemic and recent data suggesting 15 percent of U.S. youngsters are severely overweight or obese. In another study, obese children rated their quality of life with scores as low as those of young cancer patients on chemotherapy, a study found, highlighting the physical and emotional toll of being too fat. Teasing at school, difficulties playing sports, fatigue, sleep apnea and other obesity-linked problems all severely affect obese youngsters' well-being, that study found. The obesity study on children found that severely obese youngsters and adolescents seeking obesity treatment have more than a fivefold increased risk of reporting low quality of life than healthy youngsters. The child obesity study involved 106 children aged 5 to 18 who filled out a questionnaire last year used by pediatricians to evaluate quality of life issues. Parents answered the same questionnaires, and their ratings of their children's well-being were even lower than the youngsters' self-ratings. Girls and boys appeared to be equally adversely affected by obesity. Youngsters were aged 12 on average, with an average height of 5 feet 1 inch and average weight of 174 pounds. All had a body-mass index that would be considered obese. Short Articles About Obesity and Overweight
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