Beware, if you one of those who are always after their child to eat more and more, then it is high time that you better curb your habit. A study has shown that overfeeding is one the prime causes of obesity in kids and more often then not only the parents are to blamed for that.
What is equally worrying is parents’ perception who think that only a fat baby is healthy. Explaining the whole issue Dr Tabitha Randell, a consultant paediatrician from Nottingham said:
I think the perception of parents is a very real problem. If you see every other child in the playground with their belly hanging over their trousers you think that’s normal.
When it comes to obesity among children then Britain is the worst affected nation in Europe. In fact the country’s media regulator are mulling to ban the junk food ads, which often encourage young ones to munch something or other through out the day.
Numerous proposals are in the offing to check the growing obesity amongst children. They include spreading awareness amidst parents and children as well, and also to warn them of possible health risk factors, which an obese faces.
But I wonder whether these measures would render the desired results in the age where couch potatoes and savouring junk food have become a vital part of life. Nevertheless the growing obesity in children is serious concern and it asks for some result oriented steps.
Source: Tvnz
