The Dietary habits !!

Dietary habits
- Children's dietary habits have shifted away from healthy foods (such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains) to a much greater reliance on fast food, processed snack foods, and sugary drinks.
- These foods tend to be high in fat and/or calories and low in many other nutrients.
- Patterns associated with obesity are eating when not hungry and eating while watching TV or doing homework.
Physical inactivity
- The popularity of television, computers, and video games translates into an increasingly sedentary (inactive) lifestyle for many children in the UAE.
- Children in the UAE spend an average of over three hours per day watching television. Not only does this use little energy (calories), it also encourages snacking.
- Fewer than half of children in the UAE have a parent who engages in regular physical exercise.
- Only one third of children in the UAE have daily physical education at school.
- Parents' busy schedules and fears about safety prevent many children from taking part in after-school sports programs.
Certain medical conditions can cause obesity, but these are very rare. They include hormone or other chemical imbalances and inherited disorders of metabolism.
Certain medications can cause weight gain by altering how the body processes food or stores fat.

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