Often if babies big think it the birth of the mother, what many, is a sign of strength, exceptional health and promise a long-term survival. But sometimes more great kids can never to lose the "weight of baby" and very obese. There are things that parents can do in the brokerage of habits that come to the healthy's descendants, including a TV time can lead to the. A new report published this week by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) describes more information.
Owner who has Chair LeAnn birch, Professor of human development and Director of the Center for research on obesity at Pennsylvania State University, explains:
"In contrast to the common perception that the chubby babies are healthy babies and will be of course catch with their fat baby, tend to keep overweight." It is a national concern the weight-like conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure occurred once almost exclusively in adults, but are now at higher rates among youths and young adults occur. Parents can child care providers, health professionals and policy makers partners to reduce the risk of obesity by your healthy environment and implementation of positive practices during the first critical years of the development of useful. »
Strategies to promote physical activity, healthy eating and sleep good habits high rates of obesity in children, infants, and children in the pre-school age, in the United States are in the report are necessary. The problem requires a holistic approach that includes the identification, if small children are overweight, physical activity, promoting the healthy diet to increase and ensure that children get enough sleep.
Rates of overweight and obesity in US children of age 04: 58 have doubled since the 1980s. About 10% of children from early childhood until the age of 2 years and more than 20 percent of children age 04: 58 are overweight or obese, the report said.
An important opportunity for parents have excess weight of the child from the outset to make, pediatricians and other health of professionals and IOM recommends health professionals the weight and the height or the length of a standard method, but Aussient attention to the risk factors of obesity, as the price of gain of weight and parental weight measure, routine Pediatric visits.
Furthermore, the IOM, parents and caregivers of children active children during the day and a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and grains whole grains and low energy density, recommends to poor nutrients in food.
Maintainer limit the time of television of small children and ensure that the children of the proper amount sleep every day. It is important to their current and future health and well-being, the children in the first years of life from.
In the last 20 years the Americans have reduced their physical activity and increased the amount of time they spend in sedentary activities. The need to reverse this trend is also the youngest members of society. Suggest that the higher levels of physical activity are associated with a reduced risk of excessive weight gain in the course of time in young children.
Therefore, the Committee recommended that the providers of care for children and early childhood educators ways infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with possibilities that are physically active during the day. Child care providers and early childhood educators should you also the amount of time reduce that you sit or stand spend. Health care providers should advise for parents such as physical activity of their children, to increase and decrease the time that they are at home and settled.
To promote physical activity in young children, caregivers pay attention to how to feed the children. Food preferences of children can develop in infancy. While that research estimates that that breastfeeding is associated with the risk of childhood obesity, many hospitals and health care professionals enough information about, or offer to breastfeed.
Without the benefit of consultation or external resources, mothers are less likely to start to breastfeed or possibly not previously recommended. Because the health benefits transferred through breast feeding, the Committee recommends that adults who work with children and their families to promote and support breastfeeding exclusively for six months and in conjunction with solid food for a year or longer.
Source: The National Academy of Sciences Institute of medicine