Childhood Obesity Prevention [Causes]

Disclaimer: Please note that this article is research based and some of the views and findings do not conform with the CSN Diet.

 What is child obesity and how to prevent it?

Obesity can be found not only in adults but in children too. However, in recent surveys it has been found that the number of child obesity is increasing crossing the rate of obese adults.

The child obesity which can also be termed as overweighting not only increases the weight of a child but also invites many dreadful diseases at early ages like asthma, diabetes or cardiovascular disease.

The result of child obesity is very awful since it is prone to develop stress, sadness and low self-esteem.

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Causes of childhood obesity:

There could be many reasons for childhood obesity.

The most common causes of childhood obesity are genetic factors, lack of physical activities, unhealthy eating habits and sometimes the combinations of all.

The rarest among all the causes of childhood obesity is the hormonal problem which can be termed as the medical condition.

Although weight problems have been traced hereditary but since it is not necessary that all the kids with a family history of obesity will be overweight.

Children whose parents or siblings have overweight problems have an increased risk of gaining weight, but this has also relation with eating behaviour and lifestyles.

One of the main health issues with children are obesity, and almost 15 percent of children all over the world are suffering from this disease.

There are many reasons for child obesity, and some of these reasons include, change in eating habits. This means that these days child are getting less of nutritional food and more of fatty foods.

They tend to be away from fresh food, vegetables and whole grains and are attracted more towards foods that are high in fats and additive sugars. One of the other reasons for obesity in children is that they are physically less active.

This is mostly because of much exposure to Television and online games.

Children forget to have their own physical activities or playing physical games like cricket, volleyball, basketball and are more hooked towards their television screen or computer monitor for their satisfaction of gameplay.

These lacks of physical exercises and more of sitting games, make these children more obese.

 

Third, the reason for obese children are that there are parents who are working, and hence they tend to spend less time with their children. Hence a child is away from the normal trend of knowing what is good or bad for him or what is a healthy diet for him or her.

Parents are the one who is responsible for inculcating good eating habits in a child, and if they are not present in their child’s initial stage, then this makes a difference in the upbringing of their child.

Moving ahead from the causes of obesity in children, let us look at some of the bad effects of obesity in them. Obesity has mental as well as physical effects on a body, and it can cause depression, diabetes, hormonal imbalance and the joint problems.

In fact, if a child is obese since initial stage then it can effect him in his later ages too with issues like arthritis, heart attack, etc.

 

Childhood Obesity Prevention

Let us now, have a look towards different ways of preventing childhood obesity. One of the ways given by medical doctors is like losing weight through long-lasting lifestyle changes.

Healthy changes like eating smaller portions of healthy foods, going through exercises and avoiding any kind of weight loss program are a good way of prevention. Another way can be from good parenting.

Parents are the responsible person who should inculcate good eating habits in their child since initial stages by making them understand what is good and healthy food, what is the importance of having balanced diet, educating them to be more active with intake of fresh fruits and vegetable juices, etc.

Parents should also teach their children the correct way of being responsible and looking after their weight loss programs themselves.

There are many international and national programs for obesity control and both parents as well as a child are welcomed to participate and know about the various methods and strategies to control obesity and live a healthy life.

Parents can include their child in more of physical activities; they can also include them in the preparation of food in the kitchen so that they start knowing what food is good or bad for them.

Avoiding high sugary and fatty foods and including more of fresh fruits and vegetable juices is the first step towards preventing obesity.

No kid wants to be overweight or obese. While you may initially have to force them to comply with your childhood obesity prevention program, once they break their old habits, they’ll feel and see the positive effects.

They may even come to enjoy their new habits. One thing is for certain. For the sake of our kid’s health, both now and through adulthood, we must address this epidemic of overweight and obese kids now.

 

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Karien

Hi, my name is Karien Nel and today I’m 37kg lighter than the day I started my weight loss journey with CSN Diet.

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