Obesity can already be detectable at 6 month old baby

GladChild: Obesity in infants in the first 6 months of age can predict the risk of obesity and its complications in the age range 5-10 years.

The risk of experiencing obesity at age 5 years increased 2-fold and at age 10 rose 75 percent if the baby is likely to gain weight up to 20 percent in the first 2 years of life. Experienced the greatest risk if the increase occurred in the first 6 months.

This was revealed in a study at Harvard Medical School, conducted by Dr. Elsie Taveras. The study involved 44,622 children aged less than 11 years old, who was met in 14 health centers in Massachusetts between the years 1980-2008.

Our findings contradict the assumption that weight gain in infants is a normal thing, writes Dr. Taveras in a publication in the journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, as quoted by FoxNews.

Dr. Taveras adds children who are obese will face various risks of health complications when growing up. Various studies show that obesity is a risk factor for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or hypertension, to heart problems.

To prevent this, Dr. Taveras suggested that in the first 6 months of the child were given only breast milk (ASI) Exclusive. Children also should not consume food or drink excessively sweet, and then encouraged to move more than spending time to play video games.

Besides at 6 months and 2 years of the first, babies may also suffer from obesity since birth or often referred to as fat baby. This condition usually occurs when the mother has diabetes or excess blood sugar levels during pregnancy.

Children who are obese prone to high blood pressure

GladChild: Risk of developing hypertension or high blood pressure in children increased in children who are overweighting (obese). The risk of children having high blood pressure almost 3-fold if the body mass index (BMI) reaches and exceeds the 85 percentile.

If you have children who are overweight and there is a small increase in BMI, the increased risk of hypertension will be quite dramatic. At the same time, if able to reduce BMI percentile even though only a few, it actually will be seen a lot of benefits on blood pressure, Wanzhu said Tu, PhD, a professor of biostatistics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, as reported by the Health Indianapolis on Thursday October 6, 2011.

The relationship between blood pressure and overweight in children and adults could no longer deny. But the study is the first study conducted in children to investigate how blood pressure varies across the full spectrum of body sizes.

Sharp increase in risk of hypertension and prehypertension in the 85th percentile is a very noticeable improvement, said Bonita Falkner, MD, a professor of medicine and pediatrics from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

Doctors generally consider that overweight is the beginning of obesity are relatively harmless to children. Obesity was defined if BMI at 95th percentile or more. But the new findings show that, being overweight should be considered a serious problem.

Recent studies have shown that, due to damage to the body by high blood pressure such as heart enlargement, increased vascular stiffness, and altered mental function begins in childhood and adolescence, says Falkner.

There's some pretty good evidence that if children are overweight with high blood pressure if they can lose weight, then blood pressure will change for the better. But the problem is weight loss in children who are overweight is very difficult, said dr. Falkner.

The study has involved 1111 children with diverse socioeconomic in Indianapolis between the ages of 4-17 years. The researchers followed the progress of children for an average of 4.5 years. During the 4.5 years that the researchers measured blood pressure and BMI of children is about 2 times a year.

The surge in the risk of hypertension and prehypertension in the 85 percentile seen in all age groups, and in young men and women, and children of blacks and whites.

Fun Sports activities for obese children

GladChild: It is no secret that many adults who are obese due to overeating and little exercise. Unfortunately, the obesity epidemic is also affecting children. Let's take in a fun little exercise so as not to be fat.

1 in 3 children who are considered overweight or obese are likely to suffer from diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, sleep apnea and psychologically at a later date.

For parents worried about children's health, caring for children who are overweight can be a challenge. The best thing you can do is to teach children about food with good nutrition and making exercise a fun and exciting to play with the children.

Here is some fun sport for overweight child, as reported by Livestrong on Saturday August 20, 2011:

1. Walk
Walking is a sport that is easy and cheap to do, including by children. Make the activities of walking in the morning or the evening more enjoyable by getting a pet, or to places of interest such as city parks. Ask the children to seek adventure leaves, insects, flowers or whatever you can find in the street.

2. Strength training
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, children should not be allowed to lift weights or use heavy equipment until they reach adolescence. However, children can still do strength training using their own body weight. Make a sticker chart and challenge your child to do sit-ups, pushups or squats. Bring the whole family to exercise more enjoyable.

3. Swim
Learning to swim is an essential skill for all children. Most kids also love to play in the water. Invite your child and all family members to swim on holiday to make the kids stay active.

4. Dance
Dancing with music can also burn children calories. Turn on the music with a beat faster to make the child actually moves. Change songs can also make children more interested anymore.

5. Playing in the park
The park usually offers a large space for physical activity and adventure. Walking and hiking are two ways to burn calories to lose weight children. Games like football, hide and seek could also make a child interested in moving.

Toddlers need to exercise minimum 3 hours/day

GladChild: Not only adults who have problems with obesity, the children are also many who experienced it since toddler. In order not to overweight, experts recommend that your child accustomed to begin exercise at least 3 hours/day.

For babies who cannot move too much, one way to ask him to play in the swimming pool and baby gym. As for the age of about 5 years, should begin to get used to running time at least 15 minutes every day.

If at that age have not been able to walk, toddlers should still be invited to move for 3 hours/day. Crawling, rolling or any movement no matter who your child is important not to spend too much time to keep silence.

Recommendation was contained in the guide sports for children released in the UK this weekend. Sports for children aged less than five received special attention in the guide that has been infecting many obese children at an early age.

Any game that allows toddlers to move is very important and time 3 hours/day is essential, said Sally Davies, a British health officials told The Sunday Times quoted from Ninemsn.

Children can affected by heart disease since 9 years

GladChild: Heart disease was able suffered by the children, the doctors in Sweden found that children can be affected by heart disease since the age of 9 years.

Children at risk of contracting heart disease is not just a body fat because of obesity but also underweight.

Although not overweight, children who work everyday just to watch TV and rarely physical activity can be heart disease since the age of 9 years.

The risk of children affected by heart disease is due to lack of physical activity in children. As a result, maximum oxygen consumption by the body not being met, Subsequent effect if a little oxygen consumption can affect various organ functions.

Children who are diligent physical activity on average consume oxygen as much as 41.7 ml/min/kg body weight. While children who rarely move only able to consume 35.7 41.7 ml/min/kg body weight. These differences affect the overall function of organs including the heart rhythm.

The latest research was conducted in Skane University Hospital, Sweden. The study, led by Dr. Tina Tahna and published in the journal Acta Paediatrica enrolled 123 boys and 100 girls aged between 9 to 10 years.

In addition to measured body mass index, children were also observed their physical activity by installing various equipment including Electro Cardiograph (ECG) to record heart rhythms In addition researchers also; attach an accelerometer to measure physical activity of participants.

Results for 4 consecutive days to find the influence of a lack of exercise on heart disease risk remains high even though the children are not overweight.

In addition to visits from oxygen consumption, blood test results also showed that lack of exercise cause unhealthy blood composition.

This study shows the clinical relationship between lacks of physical activity with risk factors for heart disease in children increased to 11 percent, said Dr Tahna as quoted by the ScienceDaily.

The study also reveals the addition of activity for 20 minutes each day has a significant influence in reduce the risk of heart disease. But most health experts recommend the kids have to perform physical activity at least 60 minutes a day.

7 Ways to Teach Children About Eating Portion

GladChild: According to research data that thin children was 13.3 percent. While children who are obese have 14 percent.

Of course this makes the United Nations fears that call if you are not careful there will be "tsunami" the emergence of children who are obese the next few years.

Hence every parent is obliged to teach the children how a good diet. Including about healthy eating.

However the swelling size of the meal someone is the biggest reason why people are so excess food. One determines the portion of the ends resulted eating are overweight, if not counterbalanced by the addition of physical activity. The Nemours Foundation offers these ways to teach children how to regulate eating the right:

Here are the 7 ways to teach children about eating portion:

1. Use a small plate of food portions taken for looks bigger.
2. Do not give kids a big jar of small meals or snacks. Instead of snacks so several smaller portions.
3. Divide the rest of snacks that have been opened in several small portions once took. Not keep it together in one big container.
4. Serve meals away from the table. This will reduce the likelihood of family members to increase the portion of food.
5. When cooking, cook the food in portions corresponding to the amount of food. If there are five family members, present at the dinner table five plates only, without reserve, so that children know how the portion of the fair.
6. Teach children to eat slowly. Ensure that all children have enough to eat a variety of foods, vegetables and fruits are diverse.
7. Do not take a menu with additional sizes in fast food restaurants.

Habits that can make obesity in children, not heredity

GladChild: Unhealthy eating habits and lack of physical activity is the cause of obesity in children, Not heredity concluded a study.

This conclusion is based on analysis of more than 1,000 children aged six classes of 13 schools in Michigan, the United States that follow the Healthy Schools Project program. This research has been published in the latest issue of the American Heart Journal.

For children who are overweight incredible, researching genetic factors may be considered, said Dr. Kim A. Eagle, senior researcher, cardiologist and director at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor, USA.

The rest, such as increasing physical activity reduces the time spent in front of the television or computer screen, improving healthy eating is the best way to lower the trend of obesity in children.

Eagle Research shows 15 percent of survey participants were obese, and nearly all have the wrong eating habits. Nearly a third of students say they drink soda every day. While only a few can remember they've been eating two servings of fruits and vegetables every day.

Only a third of the children studied had been exercising for 30 minutes during five days in the previous week. While children who are obese tend to be reluctant to join in sports clubs or participate in activities or physical exercise.

Among the children who are obese, 58 percent reported watching television for two hours the previous day. While only 42 percent of the children who are not overweight who spent watching television with the same amount of time.