Camille Moreau // Photo credit: BURGER / Phanie / Phanie via AFP
Obesity now affects more than a billion people worldwide. Nearly 160 million children and adolescents are affected, four times more than in 1990. On the occasion of the international day against obesity, it is time to deconstruct preconceived ideas, because this disease is not necessarily linked to fast food or a sedentary lifestyle.
More than a billion people are affected by obesity worldwide, including nearly 160 million children and adolescents. This disease is not necessarily linked only to junk food or a sedentary lifestyle. “When we want we can”. Lucie, 16, heard this phrase throughout her childhood. At 10 years old, she weighed 80 kg and was 1m55 tall. A real suffering for this young woman.
“Genetic factors are responsible for more than 80% of weight problems in children”
“I had all the desire in the world to lose weight, but I couldn’t do it, even though I was little, I went on diets. I did a lot, a lot of sport. Six hours a week and I I still gained weight.” His body was malfunctioning. She suffers from a genetic disease, inherited from her father, who was also obese. They are never satisfied. Six years ago, Lucie met Béatrice Dubern, a pediatrician at the Armand-Trousseau hospital in Paris who fights preconceived ideas.
“Genetic factors are responsible for more than 80% of weight problems in children. It’s not bad parenting because they go to fast food or drink soda. No.” Lucie has come a long way, says her father, moved: “I see you flourishing thanks to the ability of the treatment to give you back confidence in yourself, without the question of weight being present.” Thanks to an experimental treatment, the teenager lost 40 kg in two years. Lucie was therefore able to return to sport several times a week.