physic(ACT)

What’s so bad about it?

- continued obesity when you grow up

- leads to many health problems that affect the heart and shorten your life

How is it caused?

- when you sit or lie down too much

- when you don’t exercise regularly

- when the amount you eat is too much

- a combination of all these, and more

What is going on now?

- obesity in children (7 to 12 years old) in Singapore is more common

What’s so bad about it?

- increased likelihood of continued obesity in adulthood  (Ezinne N., Hudson J., PharmD, Coulter L., 2015)

- identified to be a root cause of leading metabolic and cardiovascular diseases and related mortality (HPB, 2016)

-  increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and arthritis’ (World Health Organisation, 2014)

How is it caused?

- environmental factors often implicated in the pathogenesis of obesity include sedentary lifestyle, lack of regular activity, a high intake of energy-dense foods, etc (HPB, 2016)

- physical inactivity contributes to obesity by resulting in the secretion of inflammatory cytokines, thus leading to a vicious cycle of more physical inactivity (Eisek, 2016)

What is going on now?