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Childhood obesity is an epidemic and these are issues that need to be addressed in a proper manner. Something must be done about childhood obesity because these are issues that don’t just disappear. There are numerous healthy diet plans and therapies; exercise programs, available to families today.
There are programs available to mothers and families to help educate them to form healthier eating habits as early as birth. When parents make the mistake of feeding their babies too much and too often, it has many life long effects on their children’s health. It impacts their eating habits as well as their health for as long as they live. The first year of a child life is very critical. It is important for parents to educate themselves about childhood obesity for the sake of your baby’s health.
Forming and instilling good and healthy eating habits earlier in life will result in being healthier physically, emotionally, and maybe even spiritually. Scientists, physicians, …show more content…
Among preschoolers’ whose mothers were black or white and who had a high pregravid BMI, breastfeeding duration and parity played an important role in determining their risk of being overweight/obese," wrote P. Kitsantas and colleagues, George Mason University. In other words, children who are born to mothers that are over weight or above the average height and weight charts, increases a toddler or a preschooler’s risks for being obese. It also raises their risks for health diseases like cardiovascular disease and type2 diabetes and such at a younger age in their childhood. Go ahead and try calculating your BMI. Childhood obesity is so important today because this is the health of our children. Our children are our future. If we don’t try and help to treat these issues of obesity, our children will lead a life of a lower activity level and their risks of health issues will rise. We, as adults, need to take a stand and stand up for our children and their health. It is in our hands to raise awareness and prevention of childhood …show more content…
It is amazing what is available to citizens. You may get a prescription for a membership at a local Fitness Center. It is crucial to stay fit. Talk to your children about staying fit. Our Author would like to introduce Dr. Arnold Slyper of Allentown . He’s been doing some research on children obesity and he has given some keys to fitness. He identified what was making children obese. Dr. Arnold Slyper had done a few studies on children and found different results. He was concerned for the children who were actually active and genetically prone to being obese.
In fact, there were children who didn’t eat much and still were overweight. Dr. Arnold Slyper came to the conclusion that it wasn't how much his patients ate but the kind of food they ate. It appeared that most of those with weight problems were eating the wrong kind of carbohydrates -- the high-glycemic kind. Children need the lower glycemic carbohydrates. (Allentown, November 2,2010. Dr. Arnold Slyper suggests that the key to being successful in childhood weight loss is to slowly but gradually get children to replace high-glycemic carbohydrate foods with low-glycemic
There are programs available to mothers and families to help educate them to form healthier eating habits as early as birth. When parents make the mistake of feeding their babies too much and too often, it has many life long effects on their children’s health. It impacts their eating habits as well as their health for as long as they live. The first year of a child life is very critical. It is important for parents to educate themselves about childhood obesity for the sake of your baby’s health.
Forming and instilling good and healthy eating habits earlier in life will result in being healthier physically, emotionally, and maybe even spiritually. Scientists, physicians, …show more content…
Among preschoolers’ whose mothers were black or white and who had a high pregravid BMI, breastfeeding duration and parity played an important role in determining their risk of being overweight/obese," wrote P. Kitsantas and colleagues, George Mason University. In other words, children who are born to mothers that are over weight or above the average height and weight charts, increases a toddler or a preschooler’s risks for being obese. It also raises their risks for health diseases like cardiovascular disease and type2 diabetes and such at a younger age in their childhood. Go ahead and try calculating your BMI. Childhood obesity is so important today because this is the health of our children. Our children are our future. If we don’t try and help to treat these issues of obesity, our children will lead a life of a lower activity level and their risks of health issues will rise. We, as adults, need to take a stand and stand up for our children and their health. It is in our hands to raise awareness and prevention of childhood …show more content…
It is amazing what is available to citizens. You may get a prescription for a membership at a local Fitness Center. It is crucial to stay fit. Talk to your children about staying fit. Our Author would like to introduce Dr. Arnold Slyper of Allentown . He’s been doing some research on children obesity and he has given some keys to fitness. He identified what was making children obese. Dr. Arnold Slyper had done a few studies on children and found different results. He was concerned for the children who were actually active and genetically prone to being obese.
In fact, there were children who didn’t eat much and still were overweight. Dr. Arnold Slyper came to the conclusion that it wasn't how much his patients ate but the kind of food they ate. It appeared that most of those with weight problems were eating the wrong kind of carbohydrates -- the high-glycemic kind. Children need the lower glycemic carbohydrates. (Allentown, November 2,2010. Dr. Arnold Slyper suggests that the key to being successful in childhood weight loss is to slowly but gradually get children to replace high-glycemic carbohydrate foods with low-glycemic