What is childhood obesity? Causes and treatment of children's obesity. How to prevent this disease?
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In medical sources obesity
Determined as the accumulation of excess mass of bodily fat. Obesity can be
speak if the body weight is more than 25% fat in boys and more than 32%
Girls. Although child obesity is often defined as a violation of the relation
weight / growth exceeding the perfect body weight by 20%, more accurate indicator
completeness should be considered the thickness of the skin folds.
What is obesity
Not all chubby babies
subsequently turn into complete children, and not all the fasten children grow in
suffering from obesity adults. Nevertheless, with the age of completeness increases
both in men and women, and there is a considerable chance that
obesity that appeared in early childhood will accompany you to the coffin
Boards.
Completeness and obesity cause
Child many problems. In addition to the fact that childhood obesity threatens to increase
With age, it is the main cause of children's hypertension, associated with diabetes
II degree
(Diabetes Mellitus),
Increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease, promotes increase
Pressures on the joints carrying the weight load lowers self-esteem and affects
Relationship with peers. According to some experts, the most
Serious consequences of obesity are precisely social and psychological
Problems.
What is the cause of child obesity
Like obesity in adults,
Obesity in children is caused by a whole set of reasons, but the most important of
they are the inconsistency of the energy produced (calories derived from food) and
waste (calories burned during the main metabolism and
physical activity) organism. Children's obesity is most often developing in
a result of the complex interaction of dietary, psychological, hereditary
and physiological factors.
Obesity are most susceptible
children whose parents also suffer over. This phenomenon is possible
explain inheritance or modeling of parent food
behavior that indirectly affects the energy balance of the child. Half
parents of primary school students never engaged in sports and avoid
Physical Loads.
How to treat child obesity
The purpose of obesity treatment programs
Children and adolescents are rarely weight loss. They are rather focused on
slowing down or stopping the gradation in weight, which should allow the child with
time to achieve normal weight.
Earlier and right interference
especially important. There are convincing evidence that food and
The physical behavior of adolescents and children is easier to be corrected than
Adult behavior. Here are three forms of intervention:
Physical activity. Compliance with the formal program
Training or an increase in physical activity allows you to burn extra calories,
increase energy consumption and maintain acquired form. Majority
child obesity studies have shown that training does not bring tangible
Results, if not combined with another form of intervention, for example,
diet-based education or change of behavioral stereotypes. Nevertheless
less fitness brings additional health benefits. Even if physical
Fat and body weight of the child do not change after 50 minutes of aerobic exercises three times
a week, such training improves lipid blood profiles and blood pressure.
Food and diet. Children are not recommended to starve or
overly limit calorie intake. Such a strategy of treatment is not only
may cause stress, but also negatively affect the growth of the child and his perception
«Normal» Nutrition. Balanced diets with moderate restriction
Consumption of calories, especially reduced levels of fat, are successfully applied to
Treating children's obesity. Also do not neglect the dietological
Education. Diet in combination with fitness - effective treatment strategy
Children's obesity.
Modifications of behavior. Many behaviors strategies,
which are used to treat obesity in adults, successfully apply for
Treatment of children and adolescents: Self-controlling and maintenance of a dietary diary, slowdown
Food absorption speeds, time limit and food consumption location, Introduction
Awards and incentive prizes for the results achieved. Particularly effective
Strategies of behavior with the participation of parents.
How to prevent child obesity
Obesity is easier to prevent than
treat. Preventing obesity largely depends on parenting education. Mother
Must feed the baby breasts, be able to determine when the child was saturated, but
Also, do not rush with the introduction of a kid of solid food into the diet. When baby
grow up, parents must provide proper nutrition, choose
Low-calorie products, try to avoid harmful fast food, develop
Physical activity skills, as well as adjust the viewing of television programs. If
Preventive measures will be ineffective or will not be able to fully overcome
The effect of heredity, the priority of education should be the development of
child self-esteem and self-confidence.
