Avoiding Childhood obesity through family intervention Nicole OGrady
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Introduction
Obesity is different from being overweight
Its not easy to know if a child is overweight or obese as they tend to grow at different rates.
Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition which occurs when a child is well above the normal weight for his/her age and height.
Childhood obesity can also lead to poor self-esteem and depression.
We must treat and prevent childhood obesity as it helps to protect the health of your child now and in the future.
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How to calculate obesity in children?
Body mass index (BMI) calculation is one of the tools used to assess whether a person is underweight, healthy weight or …show more content…
6 Need for intervention
We will now analyze the role of parents in obesity prevention.
Over the next few slides we will discuss the importance of intervention by family to encourage well being of the child.
Parents can help their children develop and maintain healthful eating and physical activity habits, thereby ultimately helping prevent childhood overweight and obesity.?
Successful intervention efforts, must involve and work directly with parents from the earliest stages of child development to support healthful practices both in and outside of the home.
We can conclude that researchers and practitioners should also make use of such information to develop more effective interventions and educational programs that address childhood obesity.
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Features of effective interventions
FAMILY INVOLVEMENT: For treating obesity in children ,parents involvement is the most effective method. Separate education sessions for parent and child targeted parents as the sole agent of change and also encouraged parents to lose weight if they were
1
Introduction
Obesity is different from being overweight
Its not easy to know if a child is overweight or obese as they tend to grow at different rates.
Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition which occurs when a child is well above the normal weight for his/her age and height.
Childhood obesity can also lead to poor self-esteem and depression.
We must treat and prevent childhood obesity as it helps to protect the health of your child now and in the future.
2
How to calculate obesity in children?
Body mass index (BMI) calculation is one of the tools used to assess whether a person is underweight, healthy weight or …show more content…
6 Need for intervention
We will now analyze the role of parents in obesity prevention.
Over the next few slides we will discuss the importance of intervention by family to encourage well being of the child.
Parents can help their children develop and maintain healthful eating and physical activity habits, thereby ultimately helping prevent childhood overweight and obesity.?
Successful intervention efforts, must involve and work directly with parents from the earliest stages of child development to support healthful practices both in and outside of the home.
We can conclude that researchers and practitioners should also make use of such information to develop more effective interventions and educational programs that address childhood obesity.
7
Features of effective interventions
FAMILY INVOLVEMENT: For treating obesity in children ,parents involvement is the most effective method. Separate education sessions for parent and child targeted parents as the sole agent of change and also encouraged parents to lose weight if they were