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One of the most common questions of parents is "What should be the right weight for my kid?”. It’s not too easy to be answer. Because of different body types, no single number is the exact weight for everyone. Because every one has different body structure like muscular, bony etc. so there is a range of weight according to the age, gender, height and territory. Weight more than the upper limit is considered as overweight.
Nowadays obesity is a very common problem. Being overweight is the result of a caloric imbalance. It means you take in more calories than you burn. The higher the caloric imbalance, the more you will ultimately weigh. It is not only because of over eating but also of any physical ailment like hormonal disorder, depression etc. clinical features are varied according to the cause of the obesity. Heredity also plays a role to be an obese.
Symptoms include laziness, irritability, loneliness, excessive sleeping, over eating, depressed mood, mood swing and sometime mental retardation, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Detection for Childhood Obesity is done with the help of Body Mass Index, or BMI measurement
Prevention and treatment of an obese child
To keep up an apt body weight is very essential. That's why suggestions that focus on small but everlasting alteration in eating may work better than a series of short-term alteration that can't be continuous.
- The easiest change is reducing caloric intake by taking food of low calorie and high nutrition under the supervision of a specialist.
- Becoming more ambulant is widely suggested. Increased physical activity is the common phenomenon in all studies of successful weight reduction.
- Parents' involvement in altering obese children's activities is important.
The importance of continuing these lifestyles alter well past the initial treatment period should be highlighted to the entire family. The healthiest way to change weight is gradually never be suddenly.