In particular, the study on the factors involved in the monitoring of an allowance under 8 to 12 years, prepared by a team of researchers at the University of Barcelona, shows that 61% of girls and 31% of the children surveyed responded “always” had this fear.

The research was conducted on 180 children from 2 schools in Barcelona and La Roca del Vallés (Barcelona), who, after receiving the appropriate consent of the parents were asked to know if they knew what a diet and if the had ever had, while they took the anthropometric measurements.

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Bullying, because children are afraid to be fat. 4.02% of all of them were obese and overweight showed 13.22%, a 62.64% were in normal weight, while a 11.49% were 8.62% underweight and severe underweight. 88% of them claimed to know what it was a diet (97% for obese and overweight) and 16% said they were at that time in solitary driven by their mothers (8%), themselves (4.5 %) or medical (3.5%).

A remarkable element is that among children who claimed to diet, about 46% were not obese or suffer overweight, a fact that may be associated with that 35% of respondents (40% of girls and 30% of the children) are chosen as ideal figures in a table of weight one that was below average.

Benedito explained that there is difference among schoolchildren from 8 to 12 years (third through sixth grade), because as they grow older increases by 17% the number of those who want to be thinner, reflecting the fear of obesity or overweight among children in this age group.

Low self-esteem, teasing by their physical appearance and therefore being rejected by others or be a victim of harassment, bullying notorious, most fear is what causes these children, well above the health problems associated with overweight or obese, and who understand the nutrition information they receive in school as pediatricians.

Recent research on childhood obesity held in Glasgow University and published in British Medical Journal, reveals some factors that experts already suspected, and now are corroborated. Participants 8234 children from 7 years to study further deeper in 909 other children, including parents.

In the older group were four factors that might be associated with the risk of obesity at age seven: high birth weight, parental obesity, watching television much (more than eight hours a week, three years) , and little sleep (less than 10.5 hours a day, at the same age).

In the additional study found four factors: body size in the first months of life, rapid weight gain during the first year, further growth up to two years and early development of body fat (in the preschool years, ie before than other children).

While the study is interesting, the researchers warn that the mechanism of action of these variables to increase the risk of obesity is complex. For example, obesity of the parents can encourage their children, but should be explored to what extent is by genetic or environmental (such as food habits or preferences are transmitted to children, or buy them to watch on their parents) .

Similarly, poor sleep can affect the secretion of growth hormone, or increase the hours during which the child can eat more. Or perhaps the case that the children who move are more tired and sleep more. And watching TV may be a good measure of sedentary lifestyles of children, but can also make “bite” more as you see it, taking in more calories and acquiring unhealthy eating habits.

In summary, this study may warn of the risk of obesity in our children, if they occur in several of the factors that predispose to it, and let us correct the problem before it appears, basically instilling in them proper nutrition habits and promoting their physical activity. Although now realize the importance of the problem, thank you someday.