How To Prevent And Help Children Obesity
Hearing that your child is obese or even being given a warning that they are at risk is a scary thing for a child and a parent
. There are ways you can work towards reversing or preventing the obesity though. While doing so, you will be lowering your child's risk of serious health consequences. Oftentimes the whole family will benefit from the lifestyle changes you put into play - which also a benefit in its own. There are three main steps to tackling your child's obesity. At home, take a sectional approach. Your child needs your assistance to improve his eating habits, his activity level, and likely his self-pride too.1- Improve eating habits: If your child is obese or overweight, he or she does NOT need a crash diet or a fad diet. Instead, they need a better way to improve their eating habits, not just for today or tomorrow, but for the rest of their lives. This will be much easier of the whole family can change their food menu for the entire day, not just the child. Imagine if you gave him or her a healthy diet of greens, fish, and veggies, and you serve your other kids cheeseburgers and macaroni - not exactly fair is it?
In fact, that's just plain old abuse and torture! In general, move toward a diet that is lower in fat and empty calories, and full in fruits, veggies, low-fat dairy products, lean meats, and whole grains. These offer much more bang for your calorie buck. Also, beware of liquid calories. It's easy to rack up an offensive, unnecessary number of calories by drinking them (in soda or juice, for example). Serve water and low- or non-fat milk instead. Ax the chocolate and strawberry milk as well since these contain more sugar than soda pop. Healthy eating is the foundation of any healthy person.
2- Increase physical exercise and activities: Children are naturally full of energy, so take this and pt it to your child's advantage. Your child should be having up to 60 minutes of vigorous play time. They don't need to be all at once though, they can be throughout the day. Short bursts of energy and activity count toward the overall count. And of course, active play and physical exercise have gains far beyond fast weight loss or maintenance; physical activity can subdue stress, encourage the immune system, and strengthen the heart and lungs along with muscles and bones!
Depending on the kind of exercise your child is doing he or she may or may not lose weight quick, but it's important to keep them on the structure and diet you have them on -- no matter what. Find an easy workout plan that works for them. Exercise for a child is different from an adult. Whereas a man might want to get a six pack easy, a child simply wants to play play play - so let them!
3- Boost their self-esteem: Unfortunately in the world we live in, kids get teased for everything from their weight, to how they dress to the color of their hair (seriously!) Weight gain is the number one reason kids get picked on and can end up forming a vicious emotional situation for your kid. Help your child not only through physical exercise and changes, but diet and motivation as well. If they lose a few pounds - make it a big thing! It IS a big thing!
If you need to find other ways to promote healthy weight loss in your child, there are an array of places online you can check out for more information such as forums, magazines, blogs, articles, videos, movies, audio recordings, virtual training programs - which teach everything from motivational techniques to healthy eating plans, and so much more. Take advantage of what the Internet has to offer. Hire a nutritionist if you have to.
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