Reducing
Childhood Obesity
Obesity is a chronic
disease that requires lifelong attention to healthy eating and active
lifestyles. This is a contributor to the development of serious diseases like
Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Heart Diseases and Cancer. Obese children are
more prone to low self- esteem, depression and substance abuse, eating and
sleeping disorders.
Tips for overweight children’s weight loss:
1. Provide
fruits and vegetables daily
2. Prepare
more meals at home
3. Limit
amount of TV, computer and video games
4. Go
for walks, hikes, ride bikes
But are we Parents who contribute to the problem? Do we encourage our kids to consume fast food, unhealthy snacks and lots of soda. Is the school cafeteria to take the rap? Are you guilty?
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With the increasing demand for both parents to work to provide the basic needs of the family it is becoming more difficult for parents to prepare meals at home and ensure a well balanced diet for kids. Fast food is the only alternative thus creating this problem of child obesity. It is the sad reality...
ReplyDeleteWendy, I must agree with you to some extent thanks for your response.
DeleteI as a father will cook everyday and include vegetables and fruits but my daughter will leave the food home and eat what they provide in school's cafeteria. My son will eat the food I cook but tends to go for the meat mostly. Providing the healthy food is easy, getting them to eat the healthy food is harder.
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