Childhood Obesity Factors important to understand the factors that will determine the future of a child obesity. Some, such as physical inactivity can be prevented, others as high birth weight, serve as a warning to be alert to the possible occurrence of the problem and solution before putting it occurs.
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.
