Child Obesity And Exercise

     Childhood obesity is getting much worse and it is a problem that needs dealing with. The problem goes back to diet and exercise and the children are not just to blame. To solves this problem there are only a few steps that need to be taken to help your child lose weight and generally become healthier.

A recent survey has suggested that 25% of boys and 33% of girls between the ages of 2 and 19 are classed as overweight or obese. This is extremely worrying as over quarter of children are classed as obese. This then transfers to that for every 4 children you see 1 one of them will be obese and this is a serious health problem. Something that is even more worrying is that parents are not even noticing that their children are obese. Some parents consider their children to be underweight as well even though their children are actually the perfect weight.

This problem has to be tackled and to help get this started the diets of children needs changing. Children drink to many fizzy drinks and these contains fats, sugars and E numbers all of which are bad for your children and just by having a bottle normal bottle of coca cola it is likely that your child will of exceeded their daily allowance of sugar per day. This extra sugar is stored in the body. Another problem is with the fast food restaurants that are everywhere now. These enable you to get any food anytime, anywhere and the saturated fats from these foods get stored in the bod and are extremely hard to burn off. This goes with the fact that for snacks children are always eating sweets, chocolate and crisps and these are loaded with all the bad stuff not matter how good they may taste. Over 80% of children do not get the required 5 fruit and veg per day leaving them without vital vitamins and minerals that they need to grow and be healthy. To make things worse 1 in 14 children do not get any fruit or veg and this can give your children serious health problems.

Obesity is linked with health issues like heart disease, life threating cancers and kidney disease. To help cope with this you need to make sure your children eat healthy. This is down to you so that you can get rid of the unhealthy stuff and put healthy stuff in its place. So instead of letting your child eat crisps and chocolate replace the foods with fruit bars and just fruit in general as these are much healthier. Then when it comes to meals what they eat is extremely important. Ready meals and frozen foods contain more fats than what you would think so if you fancy a pizza why not try making your own pizza with fresh ingredients as these can taste better and be healthier. This is the same with all frozen food as if you make it on your own it will be healthier. If a child is obese they are extremely likely to carry these health problems into adult and remain obese for the rest of their lives. This can significantly reduce the life expectancy of them due to the possible health problems they will encounter unless they change.

As well as eating healthy it is important to exercise regularly. With many children the just sit around doing no exercise and this is not healthy at all. By sitting around playing computer games and watching TV children can develop bad habits that they will carry on into childhood. It is recommended that you do 30 minutes of exercise 5 times a week. That isn't much at all and it can definitely be worth it for your children. By exercising your children can improve their cardio-vascular system which can help you live longer. As well as this it makes your organs stronger. This is because they have to work harder when you exercise and by doing this they become used to it and better at coping with exercise. This reduces the chance of people having a heart attack so it is definitely worth it. By being healthier your children are more likely to work better as having a better stamina can help them do their day-to-day jobs more effectively which obviously gives them a better future.

Just by doing the above a child can become healthy quick and this can be better for everyone. Obesity costs the NHS £2 Billion a year and this could be significantly reduced if you get your children into good habits of food and exercise while they are young. What they do now they are likely to do when they grow up so it is up to you.

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