Your Child Needs Your Help in Order to Combat Childhood Obesity
Your child cannot stop themself from becoming obese. Nor can they loose weight by themselves. If you want to ensure that your child doesn’t suffer from childhood obesity then you will have to make changes to the whole family. Childhood obesity is usually caused by not enough exercise and too much food. This is why creating new family routines and eating habits will drastically alter your child’s weight and prevent childhood obesity.
Small progressive steps are much better than large ones that no one is willing to go along with.
Remember:
• It’s not a race. Don’t try and rush the changes incorporate them slowly.
• Make the changes small. Foe example turn the tv off during meals or go for a family walk once a week.
• Set both individual and family goals. This will give you something to aim for and may provoke friendly competition which will help.
The new goals will be hard but if you follow the 3 above rules and you are determined you and your child will be able to battle not only childhood obesity but family obesity.
Reference: the mayo clinic- http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/childhood-obesity/FL00058
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8 comments:
Hi Michael, obviously this is an issue you feel passionately about.
You should post some info on the benefits of breastfeeding - it helps prevent obesity.
Here's an article as a starting point - article
Thanks for the comment on my blog :-)
Rebekka
Yes I agree with this issue so I have found a good article on google while searching about Childhood obesity. This is more common among certain racial and ethnic groups than others. Obesity
rates are highest among non-Hispanic black girls and Hispanic boys. So I thought to
share with you all because this is a very useful for every one...………….. It can help
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Overweight children experience many health related issues while still young, and even more as adults. It's a well documented fact that children who are overweight or obese are much more likely to become overweight or obese adults. But children who are too heavy according to the body mass index (BMI) formula need to lose weight in childhood, and not wait until they are grown.
I am a former special education teacher and I wrote a children's picture book that tackles the issue of childhood obesity. Hunka Chunka Monkey Shapes Up entertains children without being preachy. It places a simple truth as a foundation in their hearts.....to cut back on their favorite snack, become active and make new friends.
Chris Powell of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition reads my book to his children every night. He stated on his FaceBook, "The kids are requesting Hunka Chunka Monkey Shapes Up for their bedtime story tonight....AGAIN! This is the third in a row, but I love it. What a great message of healthy living for children:). Nicely done, Sam E Bromley!" Chris's wife, Heidi Powell, used such words as 'amazing' and 'brilliant' when describing my story! I am excited about getting this message out. You can go to YouTube.com and type in my book's name: Hunka Chunka Monkey Shapes Up and see a brief message about my story! Please pass this on for all to see and partner with me and let us stop the obesity problem in America by encouraging the very young to skip, run and jump their way to a better life and a better future!
Sam E Bromley
It is really hard to lose weight most especially if we don't have any decipline and focus.Just like my experience, I tried to work on anything that will help me but I keep on "cheating" and still back to the old way that I'm doing. I saw one advertisement on the internet about the rocalabs formula that will give us the same effect of having the actual gastric bypass surgery but no surgery at all. Is this something new? How long it has been available? Have guys heared anything about it? Is it really effective and much safer than gastric bypass surgery?
Overweight children need immediate attention to lose weight before its too late and whats with this rocalabs?
Here is a great resource to help keep kids active and entertained: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oravQUX2oV0
Visit www.flixercise.com and please be an advocate for this movement by sharing this video in other places.
We love to eat too much food but forget to be conscious about our health even we don't exercise regularly. Yes, we always should be aware to prevent not only childhood obesity but also family obesity. Easy Weight Loss Tips
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