Most medical experts will confirm that obesity in childhood can create serious medical problems for the child concerned and store yet more up for them later in adult life.
The problems associated with things such as some forms of diabetes are now known to be sometimes directly related to poor diet and obesity. So, there is a major incentive for parents to get to grips with the issue as soon as possible.
Whilst we need to say again that we are not offering qualified medical advice here, there are a few general points you may wish to keep in mind.
1. In some cases, though perhaps a relatively small percentage overall, obesity in children may be related to an underlying medical condition. It is advisable to get a doctor to consider whether or not there are factors that may be attributable to something other than eating habits.
2. Many children learn their eating habits from their parents and immediate family. It is therefore essential that the adults in their family are seen to be eating healthily and paying attention to maintaining a degree of physical fitness and an appropriate weight. It is difficult to educate children to do something that you yourself are unwilling to commit to.
3. It is true that children are also affected by advertising and the behaviours of their peer group. This is extremely difficult for parents to deal with but again if you educate your child well in the dangers of uncontrolled eating and the consumption of unhealthy foodstuffs, they may be able to resist outside pressures of the above types.
4. Up until a certain age, most children will largely consume foodstuffs provided for them by their parents and carers. So, make sure you feed them healthy food that is not high in fats, sugars and so on.
However, it may not be advisable to simply put them on a diet. Young people have very different foodstuff requirements to adults and you should always seek specialist medical input before putting your children on any sort of personalized weight loss program.
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