Risk of Children obesity

Nowaday, the children obesity is one of dangerous disease. According to Pediatrics studies, children can get obesity as early 3 years. In the study, it found that children obesity should be prevent earlier than currently thought, perhaps even before birth.

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There are many risk factors for children obesity including :

  • Food choices – such as choosing high fat and sugary foods instead of healthier options.
  • Lack of physical activity – Australian children are less active than they were in the past.
  • Spending a lot of time on sedentary pursuits – Australian children watch, on average, around 2½ hours of television a day, as well as spending time using computers and other electronic games. It seems that these pastimes are replacing active ones.
  • Overweight parents – a family’s eating patterns can have a major influence on whether a child maintains a healthy weight. Some overweight parents may be less concerned about their children also being overweight than parents who have a healthy weight.
  • Genetics – some rare gene disorders cause severe childhood obesity. In many other people, particular genes acting together probably make some children more susceptible to obesity. If there is a family tendency to become overweight, parents need to be even more aware of making healthy food choices for the whole family.

Children, Obesity and Exercise: Prevention, Treatment and Management of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity (Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport)

The best way to reduce the risk is changing behaviors. Mothers must know the important to breast feeding rather than buy milk in the shopstore. Parents also need to change their children behavior and attitude to prevent their child to get obesity.

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Overweight or obese children:

  • are more likely to be teased and bullied
  • are more likely to bully others
  • may have poor self-esteem and may feel socially isolated
  • may be at increased risk for depression
  • may have poorer social skills
  • may have high stress and anxiety
  • may have behaviour and/or learning problems as a result of psychological difficulties related to childhood obesity

Source and Reference :- Better Health Channel

Childhood Obesity

As a parent, we must take care about this. Children obesity will give many big disease that can’t cure if you not prevent in early age.

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