Fast weight loss for children

In modern families, children and the elderly are the center of attention. In particular, children's diet and nutrition are very rich, resulting in overnutrition and overweight among children. Although these fat children are innocent and cute, their obesity also causes them to have many problems: respiratory problems, internal organ diseases, appearance problems, etc. Therefore, many parents hope that their children will lose weight quickly. However, in fact, the method of rapid weight loss is not advisable for adults, let alone children. Children's weight loss must follow the principles of reasonable diet, proper exercise, and slow achievement, and should not be done blindly.

Causes of childhood obesity

1. Genetic factors

Scientific research has shown that heredity plays an important role in a child's growth and development. Genetic factors not only affect the development of the skeletal system, but also control the body's energy consumption and determine how much calories are used from fat. Therefore, if parents are fat, there is a high possibility that their children will also be fat.

2. Nutritional imbalance

Children's growth and development require a lot of nutrition, so they must constantly take in various nutrients from the outside world, especially sufficient calories, high-quality protein, various vitamins and minerals. Children's nutrition survey data also confirms that a nutritious and balanced diet can promote growth and development. However, long-term nutritional imbalance can also affect children's physical development.

The reason for being fat is not just eating too much, it is mainly determined by what you eat. Generally speaking, children who prefer to eat fatty foods and sweets have a higher chance of becoming fat. Since most children love sweets by nature, many obese children like to eat high-calorie foods such as cream, hamburgers, French fries, and cola. These foods are generally lacking in nutrition. Children who grow up eating mainly these foods often have a serious lack of calcium and carbohydrates in their bodies, and their bodies contain too high levels of sugar and fat.

3. Endocrine disorders

Although growth hormone deficiency, thyroid hormone deficiency, and cortisol excess are rare in obese children and adolescents, these disorders are characterized by the combination of decreased energy expenditure and reduced growth, causing significant central obesity in slow-growing children with short stature.

4. Lack of exercise

Lack of exercise, frequent TV watching, and lying still after meals are also causes of childhood obesity. According to the survey, for every additional hour of TV watching time, the probability of obesity increases by 1.5%.

Exercise can promote children's physical development and enhance their physique. It can also speed up the body's metabolism, improve the functions of the respiratory, motor and cardiovascular systems, and especially exercise children's bones and muscles.

Principles of weight loss for children

1. Don’t learn to diet like adults

Childhood is the fastest and most critical period of growth and development. There must be enough sugar, protein, vitamins, calcium, iron and other nutrients to meet the needs of growth and development. Therefore, when helping children lose weight, you must not overly restrict their diet. In addition, surgical fat removal and drug weight loss methods that adults can use are not suitable for children because these methods may affect growth and development.

2. Don’t lose weight quickly

It usually takes months or years for a child to grow from a normal weight to obesity. During this process, the various organs of the body, such as the heart, lungs, and kidneys, gradually adapt to the higher weight. If you lose weight quickly in a short period of time, you will only lose water from your body, but this will have two adverse consequences:

The rapid loss of body water can make it difficult for the heart, lungs, kidneys and other organs to adapt, making it easy to have circulatory problems and kidney damage, and even increase the risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adulthood.

This method of weight loss is difficult to sustain. Once you relax a little, the weight will rebound quickly. It is not only bad for health, but also makes children lose confidence.

Therefore, parents should be mentally prepared to fight a "long-term battle of weight loss". In addition, children's height is constantly increasing, so as long as they can keep their weight from increasing or increase it slowly, they will achieve the effect of losing weight.

3. Don’t ignore your child’s feelings

Experts believe that children's emotional problems can affect their weight. Just as many adults rely on food to relieve stress when they feel depressed and depressed, pressure from schoolwork, tense family relationships, feeling neglected by parents, loneliness, and poor relationships with classmates can all make children tend to overeat.