Obesity is a multifactorial chronic metabolic disease characterized by excessive fat accumulation, abnormal fat distribution and weight gain. Children’s obesity is related to many factors, such as heredity, diet, spirit and so on. Especially if one of the parents is obese, their children have a 40% chance of obesity. There are many hazards of childhood obesity, especially long-term chronic damage to cardiovascular and respiratory functions, metabolic syndrome and digestive system syndrome. [details]
In addition to the physical harm, obesity can also cause children’s psychological and behavioral damage that is difficult to overcome, seriously damage children’s self-esteem and self-confidence, suppress their potential development, and have a negative impact on children’s character building, temperament cultivation, habit cultivation, etc. For example: fat children wearing the hat of “fat man”, “fat Dun” or “fat girl” often do not dare to participate in collective activities and sports because of their bloated body and inconvenient movement; fat children often have symptoms such as fatigue and drowsiness, so that they do not concentrate in class, their academic performance is affected, they are often discriminated against by classmates and criticized by teachers, and they are prone to mental disorders.
However, parents should pay special attention to the three critical periods of childhood obesity, which are 6-8 months, preschool “fat reunion” period (4-5 years old), and adolescence.
Concept: eating fat is not necessarily nutritious enough
Nutrition absorption is very important for children, many parents think that children eat fat to prove that nutrition is enough. Many parents have this misconception, children eat fat is not necessarily enough nutrition, many fat children also have the problem of lack of nutrition. Therefore, parents should pay special attention to the control of children’s diet.
In addition, someone once did a survey about parents’ evaluation of their children’s weight. The results showed that among the children with normal weight, only 56.8% of them thought their children’s weight was normal, 41.9% of them thought their children were thin, and only 1.3% of them thought they were overweight; Among overweight children, 77.9% of their parents think that their children are normal, and even 2% of their parents still think that their children are thin. Only 20.3% of their parents realize that their children are overweight. Among obese children, 23.2% of their parents still think that their children are normal in weight.
It can be seen that many parents are afraid of their children being thin. Even if they are overweight and obese, there are still relatively many parents who think their children are thin. Under this understanding, it is bound to lead to over feeding or forced eating, so that children’s energy intake is too much. Therefore, it is very important to change parents’ parenting concept.
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