Weight Gain Caused Concern For One Out Of Every 10 Girls

In the first studies of its kind in Britain, was conducted on 7000 teenager, found that an overwhelming number of them concern the acquisition of fat, and already on the diet.The study found that one out of every ten teenage girls suffer from severe anxiety to gain fat, while almost tried to lose weight by dieting, and they become interested in the early teens.

According to the research, which was conducted by the National Institute for Health Research where two-thirds of the girls, the 13-year-old afraid to increase their weight, and more than half of them certain foods to avoid fat gain.
Although it was found that those who try to control their weight at such a young age, in fact, are more likely to be overweight.
Experts say, the results are of concern, where it proved that teenagers face a "toxic combination" of factors that cause them to worry about their weight at a younger age. For the age of 13 years, one out of every three girls and one out of every five children suffering from anxiety due to weight and body shape.More than half of girl’s fatty foods, and eating a quarter to reduce their diet by skipping meals, 27% of girls and 23% of boys exercise to reduce their weight.

It is improper follow strategies in reducing weight increased their weight by 40% .90% were obese at the age of 15. Says the scientist from the National Center for Child Health, "We found that eating disorders are more common in teenagers more than we thought before, but not in girls, but only in boys, too, and all this is linked to social factors and psychological impact on the child."

She adds that more importantly, the discovery that there is a relationship between behaviors and weight gain, which has important implications for public health for the prevention of obesity.It is estimated that 200-400 thousand teenagers in the UK suffer from eating disorders and the cost of health insurance system nearly 60 million pounds a year.The study found a clear difference between the sexes in the girls' fear of gaining weight by 11.5%, while 4.7% of boys,

Describe Lien Thorndike and a spokeswoman for a charity concerned with eating disorders, "the study disturbing, and it is strange that those who focused on the lack of weight gain may have gained weight already, they are mainly in the growth phase and they have to eat healthy, and that affects their entire lives later, and that diets that at this early stage may affect them in the long run."

It adds Yan: "social media, and the culture of celebrity, fashion and modern, and the fact that children are suffering from early adolescence, all considered highly toxic compound that makes them worry about their weight at a very early age."

And also, executive director of the Foundation: "This is alarming, it should not happen at a very early age to be focused on this, but is supposed to be focused on health habits, which teaches them to parents, which should start from childhood, must follow proper behavior in the food, and exercise regularly, for your health and not for the figure you see on the balance."