In order to safely reduce weight to the child, you should find out the cause of obesity. At the moment there are two types of obesity: primary and secondary. The cause of primary obesity is usually low mobility and overeating. In the diet of children very easily digestible carbohydrates, such as bread, sugar, potatoes, sweets and other confectionery, and animal fats - oils, fatty soups, oil creams, fatty meat are very often present in large quantities. Often children rarely observe a diet and in the morning they usually do not eat much, and in the evening they overeat. However, the amount of energy that they receive with food should correspond to the amount of energy that the body spends.
Obesity can also be inherited. In the case when both parents are obese, the probability of the disease in the child is 80%, if only one parent is affected by obesity, then the probability is 40%. The defeat of the nervous system and endocrine glands can cause secondary obesity, but in children this type of obesity is 5%, which is a rare case.
Most cases of obesity are observed in toddlers under the age of one year. If the baby is overfed up to three months and its weight increases every month more than 3 kg, then these babies are obese in the future. Infants in this case, such indicators as the volume of fat cells and their number increase.
Diet for overweight children
Various regular sports activities, therapeutic gymnastics and running are useful only in combination with food in which there are few calories. In the treatment of obesity, patience is necessary, because the desired results can be achieved only after a few years.
A growing organism necessarily needs necessary and useful elements in nutrition: fats, proteins, vitamins and mineral salts, carbohydrates; so fasting, as a way to lose weight, for children should not be practiced.
The withdrawal of fats from the body and will not allow their further appearance - the main task for safe weight reduction of the child. This can be achieved by reducing the number of calories in the daily diet. In this case, you should abandon the use of carbohydrates, which the body easily absorbs. It's chocolate, sugar, cakes, sweets, sweet rolls. The consumption of fats: ham, fatty meat, vegetable fats, fatty soups should also be excluded. Flour food also contributes to weight gain, so it is worth to give up macaroni, noodles, sweet products, bread. The consumption of potatoes should be minimized. Feed the child five times a day in small portions. Do not allow children to eat sweets and fruits in between meals. If the kid still asks for food, then give him something from vegetables: fresh cabbage, carrots, radish or cucumber.
Remember, you need to eat without hurry. Dinner should be no later than 2 hours before the child goes to bed. To accustom to a diet should be gradual. Switch to low-calorie foods need to gradually. Overweight children are often fed high-calorie foods. In this case, experts recommend making the diet more diverse and appropriate age, and after about 2 weeks you can switch to a more strict diet.
Give preference to dairy products that are low in calories. It can be low-fat cottage cheese, yogurt, acidophilus, kefir. Postal beef is most suitable for meat dishes, and the fat diet should be butter. Such products as cottage cheese, meat, fruits, vegetables and milk, the baby should receive every day, and it is recommended to give sausage, eggs, cheese and fish not more often than three to four times a week. It is recommended to eat unsweetened berries and fruits, and from vegetables - tomatoes, cabbage, radish, pumpkin and cucumbers.