Effects on
self-esteem, body image, and confidence.
CVD Risk Factors
Premature Illness
and
Earlier Death
Type 2 Diabetes
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Dyslipidaemia
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Chronic Inflammation
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Increased blood clotting tendency
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Edothelial Dysfunction
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Hyperinsulinaemia
*All diseases shown above can increase the risk of death early in life.
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Hypertension
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Insulin Resistance Syndrome (seen in children as young as 5 years old).
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At only 5 years old, a child can develop a negative self image
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This leads to:
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​a lowered self-esteem
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sadness
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Loneliness
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Nervousness
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High-risk for bad behaviors
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​Obese children are sterotyped as unhealthy:
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​academically unsuccessful
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socially inept
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unhygienic
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lazy
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Type 2 Diabetes used to be unrecognizable in children and adolesence, but now accounts for half of the diagnoses of diabetes.
Ebbeling, Pawlak, Ludwig, 2002