How to Fight Obesity In Children - Causes and Cure

Why Your Child Should not be Obese?

 It is of paramount need to maintain healthy body systems in all children. The normal of Obese children in The US is growing at a geometrically alarming rate which requires urgent attention of Health Care practitioners and experts in the feed of child care to take urgent action in sensitizing parents of the need to encourage parents to actively monitor the diet of their kids.

Any extra pounds of some foods this days will put your kid at a risk of diseases and health issues like asthma, heart disease or even diabetes... many obsessed kids are often suffered with emotional disorders from pear groups and pressures from even parents.Most kids who are obsessed often turn out to have very low self esteem and depression. All this can be cubed with the right encouragement, support and emotional treatment from their parents.

What Obesity will cause to your child

A child of 7 weighing more than a 100kg has obviously chopped chunks of flesh more than his age and stature can handle although the body Mass Index is the right method of calculating over weighted humans.

However , Obesity itself poses a lot of risky health problems to your child, If your teen child is over weighted, then he is prone to , a type 2 diabetes , high blood pressure, asthma ,sleep disorders, high cholesterol bone problems, emotional disorders

What usually causes obesity in kids

Knowing the cause of an issue is a step towards getting the solution to that problem . It is however saddened to know that obesity in teens are caused by carefree attitude of most parents and families. Let us look at some of the causes of obesity in children of nowadays.

• Eating Out : Most parents are probably too busy to cook for their child so , all they do is stuck their refrigerator with junk foods for their kids to find when they are not around.Most parents also prefer eating out more than they do cooking at home which is very bad. Junk food however are detrimental to the well being of your child,they are easy access to high calorie products/sugars and will cause them to gain way too much weight.
• Sugar Consumption : You probably have not be monitoring your child's consumption f the godiva chocolate in your fridge. You may not notice him when he keeps consuming icing sugars from his friend's birthday party. All this are additional weight for your child which later leads to obesity
• Saturated Fats : Fat is very good for children . But is your child consuming the right source of good fats? Examples of fat bad sources are Red Meats, Ice creams , Chocolates , Junks e.t.c which keeps pumping more weight into children.
• Exercise: If your child is getting obese, maybe this will be the right time for you to seize that video game of his and remove the TV in his room. This is because the more your child spends time indoors doing nothing, the more his fat keeps increasing. so you should change uregent action about it with immediate effect. Take him out for workouts , let him play around with his friends in the basket ball court instead of his gaming console. Also ensure that he/she is actively participating in extra curricular activities in hos school to ensure burning more Facts.

How to Solve The Obesity problem of My Child

  Make Better food Choices : Stop eating outside, they will only offer you more junks out their and continue to increase your weight and that of your child. Ensure you are eatiing more fruits of various variety , like vegetables, lettuce, carrots, orange etc.

Breakfast: Researches of many years have shown that , kids who  take breakfasts daily are less prone to obesity.If it is just a cup of coffee and milk , that will be at least enough to keep the stomach running before lunch.You can prepare cereals like cornflakes or wheatmeals for your child every morning instead of allowing them to take lunch as the first meal of the day.

Reduce Sugar: You should monitor the sugar level of each of the foods you are preparing for your children so as to know how to reduce the sugar intake per day. Some foods also have hidden sugar in them  and because they are not directly revealed we feel safe consuming them, those foods include margarine , mashed potatoes and fast foods. Chocolate consumption which is a major sugar source should also be avoided.

Exercise : Regular and daily exercise will help your child burn more calories which will gradually reduce its weight.Ensure that your  child does not spend too much time indoors sleeping. Make sure he/she is active most times of the day.


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