Childhood obesity and overweight in extreme cold climates, myth or reality? Volume 3 - Issue 4

Sonia García Merino¹ and Javier Albornoz Guerrero²*

• ¹Faculty of Sports Sciences, European University of Madrid, Spain
• ²Department of Education and Humanities, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile

Received:June 1, 2021;   Published: June 10, 2021

Corresponding author:Javier Albornoz Guerrero, Department of Education and Humanities, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile

DOI: 10.32474/ADO.2021.03.000168

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has consistently reported that overweight and obesity are causing a significant weakening in the health of the world’s population [1]. Obesity has nearly tripled to date, in 2019 it was estimated that 38.2 million children aged 5-19 years were overweight or obese, being a problem in high, middle and low-income countries, particularly in urban settings, this increase occurred similarly among boys and girls [2]. There is research that in cold environments obesity can develop more easily because this climate influences hormones related to hunger, increasing appetite towards excessive intake and inactivity [3].

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