Obese children may have weaker bones, a study suggested.
A new study is giving the people worldwide a new reason to pay much attention with the obesity problem. Research found out that excess body fat may compromise other functions of the human body parts, including the growth of bones in children.
Joseph Kindler from University of Georgia in the US and lead author of the study said that it is believed that obese children have stronger bones as they tend to have more muscles.
"It is a common understanding that, in children, muscle is a very strong determinant of how bone is going to grow," Kindler explained. "Obese children will tend to have more muscle, so we would suspect that they would also have larger, stronger bones."
Researchers collected data from the previous published studies, which experts discovered that in children, muscle was a strong contributor to bone growth. However, the case may differ in kids with greater body fat.
The study found out that excess fat can disturb the bone growth as there are emerging evidence that fat can affect the muscle. Kindler said that there is potential harmful connection between excess fat and bone growth, but they are still further investigating the possible connection of the two.
But although they are still investigating the connection between the two subjects, Kindler strongly recommended that kids should start on practicing healthy lifestyle and should always be active in physical activities.
Dr. Anju Sood supports that study and explained that during the growing phase of children, there fat content are more higher, so, it is important to engage them to physical activities to avoid the deposition of fats within the muscle.
Dr Sood said there are some effective approach to this problem and one is to strongly encourage children to have balance meal and restrict them from eating unhealthy food like junk food.
The latest findings was published in the journal Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity.
