In the past two to three decades, worldwide, childhood obesity has become a major health problem that threatens children’s health. Most obese children have blood pressure and lipid abnormalities, and highly obese children are at risk of diabetes. Studies in the United States and Japan have shown that about one-third of highly obese children are at risk of developing diabetes. In addition to physical disorders, obesity also causes a lot of psychosocial burden to children.
Infant obesity is the main cause
Some studies show that infants who are obese at about 6 months of age will have a 14% chance of becoming obese in adulthood. obese children who are 7 years old will have a 41% chance of becoming obese in adulthood. obese children who are 10 to 13 years old will have a 70% chance of becoming obese in adulthood. It can be seen that 6 months of infant obesity will become a potential reserve army of adult obesity disease.
Fat babies also need to control obesity
Emphasis on breastfeeding during infancy, not too early to add complementary food; avoid overfeeding; keep the baby away from junk food, not early to develop a bad habit of junk food. Although the baby can not walk, but 6 months old baby should have formed his growth needs of skeletal muscle, parents can help him reasonable exercise. In addition, if the baby cannot be corrected after a series of adjustment of diet and exercise, it is necessary to consult the pediatrician and endocrinologist in time to identify the primary disease and to treat the secondary obesity in time.
How to control obesity in school age
The majority of obesity in the school age period belongs to simple obesity, and the reason of its occurrence has both environmental factors and genetic factors. Excess nutrition is the most important reason for children and adolescents obesity, eat in too much food, in order to cause excess heat into fat, accumulation in the body, at the same time, and lack of sufficient exercise, then, lack of exercise is also the most important factor causing children and adolescents obesity. Dietary habits and obesity are closely related, some people study, a lot of eating sweets, animal fat and greasy food people are prone to obesity.
Preventive measures: develop good living habits and eating habits, do not prefer sugar, high fat, high heat food. Develop the habit of participating in various physical activities and labor. For example, can walk occasions do not take the car, up and down the stairs to climb their own stairs, do not take the elevator. Develop the habit of having some physical exercise every day. The formation of the above habits have a significant impact on the lifelong lifestyle, especially the prevention and control of sedentary lifestyle in adulthood.
Student obesity control methods are specifically as follows.
1.Cultivate good eating habits. Eat moderate amounts, but not full, in order to increase the sense of satiety, before the meal can eat fruit and soup. Eat less candy, snacks and other sweets, less greasy food, eat slowly and chew, to prevent gobbling, snacks between meals can be fruit and corn flower type of small food to replace the candy pastry.
2, actively participate in physical activities, reasonable arrangements for work and rest system, do not sleep too much, do not read or watch TV immediately after meals, the best 3 hours between dinner and bedtime interval.
3.If you have gained weight, do not force starvation therapy or diet drugs to reduce weight, which will affect the normal development of adolescence or even the occurrence of anorexia nervosa, you should promptly adjust the composition of the diet, such as reducing staple foods, limiting the eating of fatty meat, cream, refined pastries, candy; eat more food containing more fiber, such as fresh vegetables and fruits; lean meat, eggs, soybeans, should not be reduced.
4, strengthen physical exercise, increase calorie consumption, such as doing weight loss gymnastics, swimming, running and other various activities. There should be a certain amount of exercise, and adhere to the exercise persistently, which can enhance physical fitness, improve physical resistance, but also play a role in reducing weight.
5, reasonable nutrition and balanced diet, in primary and secondary schools in a planned and systematic popularization of student nutrition lunch.
Adolescent obesity danger barrier
Adolescent obesity refers to the phenomenon that adolescents’ bodies accumulate too much fat and cause excess weight.
General weight exceeds 10% for overweight, exceeds 20% for mild obesity, exceeds 30% for moderate obesity, exceeds 50% for severe obesity. Individual adolescents because of hard bones, muscle development and overweight is not considered obese. Obese adolescents often feel panic and shortness of breath when they are active, and even dizziness, headache and increased blood pressure due to increased oxygen consumption and cardiac output. The causes of obesity in adolescence are.
①genetic and endocrine disorders;
②Insufficient physical activity;
③ calorie intake exceeds calorie consumption.
It is important to control obesity in adolescence. This is not only a critical period, but also a dangerous period. Especially for girls, in addition to weight gain, psychological stress, worry and conflict also increase. The pursuit of a slim body shape . Many girls have a misconception about weight loss, one-sided pursuit of dieting, fasting, blindly taking diet food or drugs. This can lead to injury or death. The focus of health education in this period is to strengthen the guidance of nutritional knowledge and dietary arrangements, guidance of exercise prescription training, correct understanding of obesity, etc. For young people who are already obese or may be obese, they should be given individual guidance by professional doctors and encouraged both parents to participate and arrange the life of their children together.