How to get fit and healthy

Not too long ago, fat and chubby children are considered healthy. But this is not true in reality; obesity makes children inactive and can lead to diseases like arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. On seeing all these effects, people have involved themselves in researching and finding ways to treat and prevent obesity in children.

The research reveals that eating habits, lack of physical activities and heredity are the three main factors that lead to obesity in children.

Parents are the first-role models for children. They will have good eating habits only if their parents have good eating habits. Everything lies in the hands of parents. It’s upto them to provide their child with healthy, nutritious food and make sure their child has a balanced diet. Talk to children about the vitamins and minerals in fruits and vegetables, and their contribution to a healthy body; children tend to listen and follow, if they are spoken to seriously.

Nowadays children spend most of their time playing video games and watching television. Reduce the amount of time spent on the TV and computer, by encouraging outdoor play and regular exercise, organizing neighborhood games and taking family walks. Keep your child as active as possible; this is the key factor to keep your family healthy.

Child obesity may also be caused due to heredity, which unfortunately is non-curable. Children with overweight parents have larger risks of obesity. In such cases, both parents and children should seek the advice of doctors and follow strict diets to avoid greater health risks. They should take up weight reduction in earnest, if a healthy, happy life has to be achieved.

If your child feels embarrassed about his obese body, he will not make friends and tend to remain secluded. This will affect his mental and social health. Remember that an obese child is not a healthy child, so make sure that your child is free from obesity.

Quick review on to-be-followed rules to avoid obesity in your child:

* Plan an appropriate and nutritious diet
* Encourage kids to join gyms, play outdoors, and exercise at least 4 times a week
* Encourage physical activities
* Avoid junk food
* Take regular measure of their height and weight, to keep an eye on progress.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 at 1:31 pm and is filed under Best diet for lose weight, Exercise Diet and weight lose. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.