Parents are blind to their kid’s obesity problems

Obesity is a major problem that is growing at a faster rate. The reason of its growth lies in the negligence of parents towards their child’s obesity. Parents are willing to accept their own obesity problems than to see it in their children. They think their child’s weight is ‘fine’ and continue to feed them with more and more pounds. There are so many children and adults aged between 5-20 who are overweight and their parents just deny the fact altogether stating their child’s health as ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’.

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According to a recent study, the parents of children who got enrolled in the obesity clinic, 31.4% of those parents consider the health of their child as excellent and 28% did not even see any problem with the health of their child and just 41% reported to start increasing their child’s involvement in various outdoor activities. Another study included 7,000 children aged between 2-5 years at the start of the research, for 5 years. When their parents were asked, if they consider their child obese, over 94% of parents considered their children about ‘right weight’ . The study was conducted in two groups i.e. From 1988 to 1994 and 2007 to 2012 including 3,839 and 3,151 children respectively. In these two studies, the percentage of overweight boys were 97% and 95% and 77% to 93% for girls respectively and their parents thought their children as ‘about right’ weight. It is important to follow a healthy diet plan for a growing child to save him from obesity problem.

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Despite the widespread publicity about the problem of obesity, parents just seems to overlook the fact that their children are putting on more and more weight. British researchers found out that even doctors were turning a blind eye towards childhood obesity by not giving all of them proper attention while the underweight children were given the follow up support. Out of 11% only 1/3rd obese children were offered any support.

Childhood obesity is turning into a more serious problem day by day and with parents ignoring that fact and considering their child’s health as good, children would continue to gain weight throughout their childhood and into the adulthood. It is important to include vitamins and minerals supplements for children.Overweight problem leads to increased risk of diabetes, High blood pressure, high cholesterol, hypertension and they are even prone to some cancers when they grow up.

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As obesity problem is increasing day by day, parents should check the calorie intake of their children and should encourage them to play outdoor games and indulge in small exercises.It is not a shame in accepting the fact that your child is obese, it is only going to help your child getting saved from many kinds of troubles that might befall him in the future due to the obesity problem. Healthy diet plan for weight loss should be followed and always measure your child’s weight at every doctor’s or hospital visits.