Alarm about the “little brother” situation!

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There are many reasons Causes Obesity such as:

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Genetics: Studies have shown that if parents are obese, their children are 4-8 times more likely to have the disease than normal people.

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Children who are lazy and enjoy playing video games and watching TV.

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Due to psychological influences: children with stress and depression are at risk of getting sick. obesity is higher than normal children.

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In addition, a common cause is mistakes in taking care of children’s nutrition, for example: Feeding children too much fat, fast food, soda, eating too much food during the day, causing excess calories.

Overweight – obesity is also a cause of Some cardiovascular diseases and diabetes… significantly affect children’s psychological quality of life now and in the future. Currently, there is no accurate data on overweight and obesity coming for examination and treatment at the Institute of Nutrition, but through monitoring and direct nutritional consultation, we see that the number of overweight and obese children coming for examination every day is An increase of about 9-10% of children in Hanoi is being examined at the Institute of Nutrition.

There is an opinion that the cause of obesity may stem from the mother’s diet during pregnancy. Drinking too much leads to babies being born overweight. How does the doctor evaluate this opinion?

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It is true that improper nutrition is both a cause and a favorable factor to cause overweight – obesity later in life despite recent socio-economic conditions and levels of mothers. has helped mothers take care of their nutrition right from pregnancy, but it cannot be said that mothers eating too much during pregnancy leads to overweight children. But it is also necessary to provide more information, including a reasonable diet for both mothers before and after pregnancy as well as a future diet for the child so that the baby can develop comprehensively and limit malnutrition. as well as being overweight – obesity can occur later.

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There is a saying “prevention is better than cure” according to doctors, measures to prevent overweight – How is obesity in children done?

Yes, we need to take measures to change and improve unreasonable habits to limit overweight and obesity in children. That is: You should combine a variety of age-appropriate foods. Limit your child’s snacking, fast food, and greasy foods… feed your child lots of green vegetables and fresh fruits, let your child drink fruit juice, or eat fresh fruit instead of drinking carbonated soft drinks. .

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Meals should be divided into smaller portions: No If your child is too hungry, causing him or her to eat more at the next meal, you can feed the child a moderate amount at each meal. Avoid encouraging children to be rewarded with food because doing so can easily make children feel that it is interesting and always trying to be rewarded with “food” can easily cause obesity. Feed children on time according to meals. Do not feed your child a lot before going to bed at night. Do not store high-energy foods at home such as: cheese, butter, candy, ice cream, soft drinks, chips, etc.

< p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0 0 0">Encourage and exercise with your children and invite them to help you do housework and play with them instead of letting them just sit around and play video games. watching TV often helps children to be happier, healthier, and reduce depression, stress, and lack of exercise…

Doctor, is there any specific difficulty in treating this disease? in terms of physical time?

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It is true that when a child is overweight or obese, it is very difficult to improve this condition. As we mentioned above, parents spend a lot of time preparing to change their child’s food. become healthier and participate in encouraging children to eat new foods as well as exercising with them… In addition, we also encounter difficulties with children who refuse to follow instructions or in families who are inconsistent in doing so. regulate children’s behavior.