How to Prevent Childhood Obesity

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3/13/17

How to Prevent Childhood Obesity

     There are ways to prevent Childhood Obesity. Some of the ways to prevent this disease are by eating healthy. Eating good nutritional food can improve a child's health. In the article "Preventing Childhood Obesity: Tips for Parents" ,  it admits, "Weight loss is not a good approach for most young children, since their bodies are growing and developing. Overweight children should not be put on a diet unless a physician supervises one for medical reasons. A restrictive diet may not supply the energy and nutrients needed for normal growth and development. - (Tips for Parents  3)                                                                                                                                       Parents should encourage their child to eat healthy. Parents can change their eating habits. Eating healthier can improve their child's health and their own health too. Parents can start a routine of exercise. Sixty minutes of exercise can improve their child's health and mindset. The article admits, "Focus on the family. Do not set overweight children apart. Involve the whole family and work to gradually change the family's physical activity and eating habits." - (Tips for Parents 4)  Eating healthy can not only benefit the child, but it can also benefit the parents. The parents can eat healthier and also can the child of that parent. Not only can the parents eat healthier, but also feel better of how they eat.       

     Parents have the choice to buy good nutritional food or buy non-nutritional food. In the article, "Preventing Childhood Obesity:Tips for Parents and Caretakers" , it admits, "Balance is the key in helping your child maintain a healthy weight. Balance the calories your child eats and drinks with the calories used through physical activity and normal growth." (AHA 45) Parents can help their child eat well throughout nutritional meals and nutritional snacks. By balancing what their child eat can improve their child's health. Balancing what the child eat can help throughout their adulthood life.   

"Preventing Childhood Obesity: Tips for Parents and Caretakers." Preventing Childhood Obesity: Tips for Parents and Caretakers. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2017.