Helping a 6-year-old or teenager lose weight requires a delicate balance of physical activity and medical nutrition for conditions like IBS. Understand the social effects of obesity in childhood and sustainable 2-week plans.
Puberty causes changes in the shape and feeling of your body. "Man boobs" on a 13-year-old boy may be an effect of having too much body fat, but they can also develop as a result of hormonal shifts occurring during puberty. This growth of breast tissue in a teenage guy is known as gynecomastia.
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About 17 percent of children and adolescents ages 2 to 19 years are obese, reported the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2014.
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Weight loss can help improve your health if your doctor has indicated that you're overweight, but a 17-year-old boy or girl shouldn't obsessively restrict calories or over exercise.
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When you want to reach a healthy weight, trimmimg body fat is preferable to losing valuable muscle mass. An overweight teenager burns fat just like an adult, by making smart dietary choices and moving more.
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Losing a lot of weight in two weeks is unrealistic for anyone -- adult or teen; instead, use the short time to transform unhealthy habits and create a realistic relationship with food. At 14, you're still growing, so getting adequate nutrition and calories should be your primary dietary focus.
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Managing your weight and being happy with your look is hard for anyone, especially a teen who's subject to peer pressure and images of skinny celebs. But bodies come in different sizes, and you can be healthy at a variety of weights.
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Belly fat in kids is just as serious of a health concern as it is for adults. According to research presented in a 2014 issue of the journal Pediatrics, from the years 2011 to 2012, almost 33 percent of children ages 6 to 18 years qualified as abdominally obese, according to their waist-to-height ratio.
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No standard weight guidelines exist for teen girls. While you might feel different than your lithe and lean friends, you should only try to lose weight if your doctor has indicated that it will improve your health. Skip the fad and starvation diets; they'll do you more harm than good.
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