Obesity in Children

Healthy Weight Loss
Fighting Obesity in children

I heard a news item yesterday that as share prices dropped around in the USA, the only Company beating the trend was McDonalds, not a good sign future as obesity in children is one of the major problems which parents are facing these days. Obesity in children is a danger for their health as it can cause asthma, heart diseases and diabetes. Moreover fat and obese children suffer from some sort of complexes when people mock at them. It may also cause depression among children which is not good for their health. Are you also the parents of such a kid? Don't worry as with encouragement and support and by following some easy tips, you can help your kid in maintaining a good weight. Here are a few tips that prove very helpful in caring for obesity in children:

1. Unhealthy eating habits are a major cause of obesity in children so being parents of an obese kid, you are require encouraging your kid to take a balanced diet containing all the necessary and essential components. Don't let your kid miss his/her breakfast as it may also result in weight gain and obesity. Also you should control the number of meals they have in a day.
2. Food is mostly supplied to the children from kitchen so your kitchen should contain healthy foods only. There should not be junk and unhealthy food and snacks. Obese children should also be restricted from taking juices in larger amount. Instead of juices, encourage your children to eat fresh fruits when they have a desire to take something sweet or water is they are thirsty.
3. You will also need to control the meal size your child is taking. You can read food labels to count the number of calories in each food your child is eating. Another tip which you can follow is to serve food to obese children outside kitchen to avoid temptation for more food.
4. Exercise is very important to stay fit and healthy. It is especially recommended for people suffering from obesity so if your child is also among one of those people, encourage your child to take regular exercise. Exercise will do a lot for controlling obesity as it keeps the body parts moving.
5. You should also involve your children in activities that involve moving body parts. You can assign them a specific task from daily routine to keep them moving. It will not only keep your child healthy but at the same time it will help reduce obesity.
6. This is an era of computer games so children spend most of their leisure time in playing video games or watching TV. Obese and over weight children should not do that. Encourage them to play some sort of outdoor games like football, volleyball, tennis etc. children will run while playing these games and as a result they will manage top burn a lot of calories.

David Ogden
Healthy Weight Loss
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