Childhood Obesity
They are data of a country in particular, is a reality that childhood obesity is increasingly common in any part of the globe.
It as so many other situations could be avoided with a bit of information, because few people who know that obesity if it can prevent. In fact it is much easier to prevent treat it.
The risk of a child to become obese begins even before birth, establishing some parameters that are going to repeat during childhood and would likely lead to overweight.
Almost half of American women who are living a pregnancy are overweight or obese, this increases the chances of your baby is born or very small or large, which has influence in the development of obesity of the child.
On the other hand the amount of weight to the mother earns during the pregnancy influences in the weight to the child will have later.
According to a study of the University of Pennsylvania, the chances of being overweight at the age of 7 years were a 48 percent higher in those children of mothers who had won more kilos of those recommended during her pregnancy.
In other words, the weight of the mother, before and during pregnancy, has direct influence on the weight that is going to have the child during its life.
A good advice is to seize the early years of the baby and be attentive to the amount of weight that wins the child each year, and see if it matches the weight of your son with the figures recommended. This is a way to prevent the child later is an adult obese.
During the early years of life and during pregnancy, children and mothers visit the doctor with great regularity, so that it is an excellent opportunity for the study and control the weight of your son.