One of the common symptoms includes change in facial features with excessive fat on the cheeks and bulging out abdomen. Puberty in obese children may cause earlier than the normal weight child
1. Clothes feeling tighter 2. Waist circumference (keeping in mind height) 3. Areas of fat deposits 4. Large body frame 5. Difficulty in performing normal activities 6. Lethargic actions 7. Occurrence of breathlessness
Parents are the one who can look after their children to prevent this ailment from occurring in their kid's body.
1. Breastfeeding during infancy is advisable rather than feeding solid food, this can prevent obesity to larger scale. 2. Parents should make their children involved in more of physical activities rather than indoor activities and should make them eat low fat snacks and avoiding junk food.
3. Older children should be told to get into more exercises and follow regime if possible with proper diet plan, so that proper growth doesn't get hinder.
The more obese one is during childhood the more prone his/her body become to serious health diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiac problems etc. in the later stages of life.
Sweeteners are increasingly used to replace sugar and in recent years there is an explosion of products labeled "sugar free" (light soda, yogurt, sugar substitutes, chewing gum ....). They are very tempting for children especially if parents use them. But these products are they recommended for toddlers? Are they useful in cases of child overweight?
A short guide to best practices for products sweetened and children.
No sweeteners before 3 years
Many experts have argued that the current state of knowledge, taking intensive sweeteners allowed on our territory (aspartame, sucralose, saccharin ...) does not present a health risk. However, they are not properly authorized in the preparation of foods for infants under 3 months, and they are also not recommended for children under 3 years. Indeed, it already exists for aspartame at risk of certain childhood diseases intolerance to certain amino acids (called a hereditary disease, phenylketonuria) present in the sweetener. But as it is young children, the authorities also prefer to hide behind the famous principle of precaution to all other sweeteners.
Sweeteners for the larger question of weight
For older children, sweeteners are not a problem but it should be noted that there is for each of them an acceptable daily intake (ADI) that we must avoid exceeding. This ADI is based on body weight of the consumer. It is for example 40 mg / kg / d for aspartame, 5 mg / kg / d for saccharin, 15 mg / kg / d for sucralose or 9 mg / kg / day for acesulfame K . By their lower weight compared to adults, children may therefore meet or exceed the ADI faster. It is better to give them time to time that sweet food products sweetened "at will" under the pretext that they provide fewer calories. Nor should we forget that the energy needs of a child are considerable and it is important to provide all necessary nutrients all throughout their growth, "sugar" including.
Sweeteners for children scheme
However, compared to sugar, sweeteners have the advantage of not being cariogenic, that is to say they do not favor the occurrence of dental caries. Moreover, when children or adolescents are actually attracted by high consumption of sugary products such as soft drinks or dessert creams for example, it may be desirable to reduce their contributions. This decrease is obviously gradual, as in a "withdrawal", which allow sweeteners because they do not upset too much the taste of the product (soda or light homemade desserts based sweetener) without causing overconsumption of sugar.
Similarly, in cases of diabetes or overweight, sweeteners can also be used in children, preferably after a medical consultation or supervision of a dietician who will always consider the weight of the child.
A balanced diet for kids!
Although the sweeteners may be useful for children, however, attention to nutrition education that you give them. It does not put them in mind that there are forbidden foods or to avoid, on pain of undermining their future behavior and foster psychological pathologies heavier than overweight in themselves (anorexia, bulimia ... ). Thus, ideally, it is simply best not to accustom children to consume large quantities of sugar products. Just for example whether they simply provide water when thirsty and not a soda or drink a light which would only maintain their preference for sweet taste and disrupt their true feelings ( hunger, thirst, satiety ...). Similarly, a preparation as milk may well be sweeten with fresh fruit (grapes, bananas ...) or dried fruit (pruneaux. ..) that will bring in more of a sweet flavor, fiber, vitamins , minerals, discovered taste ... Perhaps therein lies the real victory against the overweight child and then later that of the adult!
In their ideal kitchen, they find cereals and breads stuffed with chocolate for breakfast, cakes and sweets cravings, and the fridge was full of sugary sodas. They are between 7 and 14 years, a third TV in his room and they spend an average of 48 to 1 pm each day (2 h 54 on weekends). The consumer association UFC-Que Choisir has interviewed 352 of these young people, cutting their statements with those of their parents, to know what products to television advertisements steer their choice.
No big surprise: the fat and sugar are acclaimed. And, coincidentally, "the overwhelming majority (89%) of the products highlighted in advertising for children has no nutritional value," denounces the association said that 14 million European children are overweight that more than 3 million are obese and the number of people overweight or obese in France increased by 5.7% annually. Dairy sweet cheese and fat are particularly those that occur most often on the screen between two cartoons. They are closely followed by breakfast cereals not the good old porridge but "the most sugary cereals." Then there are the sweets.
"Lies." Early in the morning or teatime, when they are most often alone watching TV, children have no chance to hear of fruits and vegetables, water, whole grains , legumes or nuts. "Only 11% of spots present action in the context of a meal, is the UFC-Que Choisir. The importance of rhythm traditional food is not relayed effectively." To succumb to the children most reasonable, the voice manages to boast once both the nutritional benefits of chocolate spread or fruit yogurt. "In most cases, these arguments are misleading in terms of product features " says the association.
The problem, according to the study of the UFC is that the pantry ideal young couch potatoes are not so far removed from what their parents meet in reality. Apparently, they would yield more easily on breakfast cereals and pastries taste. They succeed, however, to impose a little more milk products and would be more intransigent about sodas between meals. Still, "the overall, 60% of products preferred by children and more than half of the products in the closets are too sweet or too fatty."
"Double meaning." "We must educate parents, but also put in a situation easier, advocated Serge Hercberg, nutritionist and engineering plans national health and nutrition. For this, manufacturers must improve the nutritional quality of their products. "
A charter between the government and food industry wishing to be signed in the first half of 2007. Vendors of prepared meals and biscuits could undertake to make less fat, less sugar, less salt, and do not communicate on cereals fatter and sweeter for prime time. "They could also s' commit to limit portion sizes, not to advertise on the airwaves they sell twenty industrial pastries for the price of two, and do not use health claim dual meaning," suggests Serge Hercberg.
