Obesity in children

Unfortunately, obesity in children has long ceased to be considered a rare phenomenon. Every year the number of fat, plump and frankly fat children of different ages increases. This is due to a number of reasons, the most important of which are a sedentary lifestyle and irrational nutrition.

The child by nature is programmed for constant movement. And modern children are practically deprived of the opportunity to actively spend time: in the kindergarten and the school you need to behave calmly and quietly (excluding rare physical training), at home, too, especially to run and jump will not work. A great opportunity to warm up and throw out the accumulated energy are walks on the street, but younger children do not let go of their walks alone, and parents do not always have time and desire to come up with active games and generally leave the house (for example, on weekends, when it is possible to do household chores And just relax on the couch). And older guys who walk alone, most often do not run and do not play sports games, but just sit and talk, play on PSP or mobile phones, transfer music and photos to each other. All less often you can see boys and girls chasing the ball or playing badminton, jumping in classics or on a rope. So it turns out that the child gets used to the sedentary lifestyle, considering it normal and convenient for himself.

As for nutrition, the popular crunches, chips, nuts, buns and hot dogs, which are eaten between times and sometimes in unlimited quantities, lead to the fact that obesity in children is gaining momentum. In addition, often loving parents tend to feed the child better, more savory and more satisfying, add more butter, make not only soup, but also bread, bite a bun. And it turns out that food absolutely does not correspond to energy costs, and this, in turn, also provokes obesity in children.

Some parents generally do not see a particular problem in the excessive fullness and development of obesity in their child - they say, will grow and stretch, lose weight. Of course, plump children evoke smiles of emotion in moms and grandmothers, but by the age of three or four years the child can begin to develop a complex with respect to his appearance. It's no secret that fat children often have a hard time in children's groups, they become objects for ridicule and offensive nicknames. However, the problem of overweight is not just a cosmetic drawback. The thing is that fat cells are laid in the first years of life, so a full child can fully grow into a full teenager and an adult, and even if he eventually grow thin, the propensity to fullness will remain with him forever, creating a lot of problems in adulthood. In addition, obesity in children often leads to the development of various complications, among which there are especially frequent increases in blood pressure, various diseases of the cardiovascular system, problems with joints and spine, type 2 diabetes. Therefore, if the child has a child obesity, then the parents need not hide their head in the sand and do not explain it by the features of the figure of a five-member grandmother, who was also fat when she was a child, and then lost weight and acted all her life.

Where does the treatment of overweight begin ? From a visit to a doctor who will help determine if childhood obesity is caused by an incorrect lifestyle or health problems (hormonal failure or genetic disease). If it turns out that the child has health problems, the doctor will give recommendations to the parents and prescribe the appropriate course of treatment (if possible). But if obesity is caused by a wrong way of life, it is from the mother and father (and also grandparents with whom detailed explanatory work will be necessary) that the child will be able to overcome this ailment.

The most important thing is rational nutrition and motor activity. This does not mean that a child suffering from obesity needs to write down to a sports section or drive a hundred pots out of it at the stadium, but systematic gymnastics, school physical education classes (with the ability to fulfill the standards in incomplete strength), sports games, dances can create a miracle! It is possible to find for a complete child a special group of health, which are sometimes created with different sports sections and dance clubs. A diet for obese children should include more greens, vegetables and fruits, protein foods and cereals from whole grains and less baking and smoked foods. But on the sweet buns, cakes, cakes and crackers, as well as carbonated sweet water, chips and other edible harmfulness should be taboo. Of course, a piece of cake at the birthday party can be solved, but there is not a systematic eating of such food. But most importantly - to explain to the child why one should not use these or other products, because otherwise he will try to eat them secretly from his parents.