The Analysis of the Medical Research Articles

Obesity is the state in which a person is overweight, it is a serious chronic disease that causes negative effects in most of the body organs. Some of the diseases that can be highly experienced by the people living with obesity include, heart diseases, the type 2 diabetes, and bone and joint diseases. In the United States, the issue of obesity is highly experienced. Some of the reliable information from the US Surgeon General shows that 35% of women and 31 % of men are extremely overweight. For the children, 15 % of them living between the age of 6 years and 19 years are also overweight. It is therefore important to consider the main factors contributing to the situation of obesity in order to prevent and treat the condition successfully.Childhood Obesity: Prevention & Treatment

This research focuses on the evaluation and selection of the most reliable source of information on the topic between two selected sources.(HealthCare)The article talks about the issue of obesity in terms of causes, treatment, obesity prevention, and weight loss. The discussion on the causes of obesity in this article is quite brief stating only three causes which are; Genetics, metabolic and lifestyle. On the treatment section, there are some recommendations made, one should try to lose one to two pounds a week or in other cases lose at the rate of half a pound within a week. The argument here suggests that if the trend goes for a year one will lose about 24 pounds. Prevention is sub-divided into two sections, the prevention in infants and prevention in children and adolescents. In this section, it is suggested that infants that are breastfed more than 6 months have a 20- 40 % less chance of being obese.