Obesity in children is increasing, unfortunately. It is important to be aware of the child’s attention right from their small size. As prevention against obesity, it is wise to teach the child to be physically active. Small children are growing much, so here it is important that the child will recover all nutritional needs through a healthy and hearty diet.

child obesity

child obesity

It is easier to prevent obesity than the child later started to lose weight. Overweight children are more susceptible to lifestyle diseases later in life.

Pay attention to obesity after 3 years of age
There is no reason to worry about obesity in children under 2 years if parents do not weigh too much. When one of you are overweight, you should from the child’s 3-year age begin to be aware that the child will have healthy, sustainable eating and a delight in physical activity, rather than the inherit your bad habits.

If none of you are overweight, after the child is age 3 years, still be aware of whether he or she weighs too much compared to his age and height. Obesity from 3 years of age and older constitutes an increasing risk that the child also will suffer from obesity as adults. And like in adults, it is with these children to ensure good eating and exercise habits over the long term and not focus on short-term diets and exercise programs.

Help your child to be active
Physical activity has proven to be a crucial element of both prevention and treatment of child obesity. And so it appears that prevention of inaction is greater than the effect of actual physical activity programs.

To prevent child obesity by preventing inactivity is to limit TV watching, computer games and other forms of employment where the child is not physically active, and encourage outdoor activities such as ball games, etc.. The goal is to get the child to experience physical activity as fun and exciting. There is also a good idea that parent also changes behavior when the child takes the parents as a model. It is important that you are aware that a good education also involves the motivation for physical activity. Studies also suggest that physical activity in childhood helps to ensure a more active lifestyle as an adult (WHO, 1998).

Prevent obesity with healthy diet
Equally important as being physically active, it is that your child receives a healthy and balanced diet that covers all nutritional needs, and giving the child a healthy satiety, rather than the child eats his fill of sweets and snacks. Small children are growing much, so here is the prevention of obesity is usually more in the prevention of weight gain than on the child lose weight, since the simultaneous height growth will ensure that the child eventually becomes normal weight.

Diet councils for the prevention of child obesity are very close to the current general dietary guidelines for population: Save the fat, especially the animal, and eat plenty of vegetables, fruits and grain products. Together with a physically active life, this will give room for the occasional wandering off with candy and soda – but not every day.

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