Saturday, September 12, 2009

Overweight Children

By Raul Burks

Obesity in children is higher than it has ever been. More and more children are becoming diabetic. Also, many more are suffering from other serious health problems.

In order to lose weight a person must eat less and exercise more. It is very hard for people to stay motivated. And if it is hard for adults, you can expect that it is even harder for kids.

Kids don't necessarily understand the negative health effects of being overweight. There are several ways that you can help your child lose weight. Just stick to the basics rather than getting into a complicated calorie counting diet.

Just stick to basics! Do that rather than going into a complex food calorie calculations. As a parent, you need only provide healthy and nutritious meals and snacks.

You should also find ways for your child to get lots of exercise. There are ways that this can be done without acknowledging that it is exercise. If you keep it fun, they will like.

It is always useful if you, as a parent, are a good model. You can not expect your child not to overindulge if you are doing it. If your child is already overweight, you have to make some changes to his diet.

You have to make some changes to his diet. It is important that you keep an eye on what your child eats at school too. Most children do not have to make enormous changes in their diet.

Consider this for a minute. If your child gains of about 15 kilograms annually, this equals about 150 calories per day. Just do the calculations indicating that the pound is equal to about 3500 calories.

So, if your child just removed a bottle of soda in his daily diet it would equal up. The first battle that you must face is to stop your child from putting on even more weight. Calculate how much weight your child gained in the past year.

The changes can often be something small and simple, try switching from whole milk to 2%. Switch from regular pop to diet pop or no pop at all. Don't allow your child to come home from school and eat a sandwich or a bag of chips as an after school snack.

Change from regular pop to none at all. Don?t allow your child to come home and the school to eat a sandwich or a bag of chips as a snack after school. This will put on weight very quickly. - 29161

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