Obesity in gay boys

By Richard Marsden for the Daily Mail. Health professionals have been criticised for failing to intervene to help a 'severely overweight' teenager before his death from obesity-linked causes. A Serious Case Review has found a series of 'missed opportunities' by officials in the case of Lewis Albon, who died aged 13 in March last year, and highlighted a lack of guidance for GPs on dealing with obese children. Despite Lewis being deemed 'very overweight' at the age of four, officials found 'no evidence of direct conversations with and support for Lewis in relation to weight management' in subsequent years. Lewis Albon, who died aged 13 in March , is pictured right with his father Stephen Platt.

There is a complex relationship between obesity and bullying. While overweight kids are frequently targeted for abuse at school, there also are instances where they are the ones who engage in bullying others. Still, other obese kids are trapped in a bully-victim cycle where they are both victim and perpetrator. Clearly, there also is an uncomfortable cause-and-effect to the bullying experienced by obese kids.

Obese teenage boys are at risk for more than diabetes and heart disease, a new study has found. Controlling for age, physical maturity and certain medical factors, 25 obese and 25 lean males between the ages of 14 and 20 were studied. The results present several problems for those affected, according to Dr. Obesity can lead to diabetes and heart disease. Research has shown that adults who have gastric bypass surgery return to normal testosterone levels.

Obesity is most commonly measured using the body mass index BMI scale. BMI values are used to define whether an individual is considered to be underweight, healthy, overweight or obese. Food per person — food availability has increased significantly in most countries across the world. How does the supply of calories, protein and fats vary between countries?