Liana Riani Ramli
Daily Journal
April 24th, 2017
Many children have been suffered by obesity. Formal national records have been kept since 1995, and these now show that 19% of 10-11 years old children are obese. Even among younger children, the rates of obesity are shocking, with one in ten reception-age children classed as obese. If overweight children are also included, the figures show that around 1 in 3 children is overweight. In the 1980s, the number of obese children was only 2%, but within a decade these figures had almost doubled. The food and drink (cheap, energy-dense, and nutrient-poor foods and drink), reduced activity and living in 'obesogenic' environment are the factors to make the obesity epidemic long last until today. Then, how to stop children from obesity? The answer is quite simple. Even with small changes can slow down the rate of weight gain. Not only losing weight, but also will help children to achieve a healthy weight for height. The first is eating healthy meals and doing fun physical activities. Encouraging 60 minutes of physical activity a day is good too, but it's not necessary to do it all at one. Also, healty meals and child-sized portions will be a great combination, so the children wouldn't eat too much food. If the children follow these steps, they could reduce the possibility of being obesity children.
Source :
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/childhood-obesity
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