An obese child has a lot more likely to have health problems related to obesity when he is older than non-obese children. After the excesses of Christmas, this month is an excellent time to address weight problems in children. We offer some basic advice for those who want to help your child lose weight without losing your mind.
It is easier for your child lose weight if you’re motivated to do so. But even without motivation you can help your child lose weight by choosing good healthy food that gives your child at home, encouraging him to do some kind of exercise. Also regularly can help a lot if you see the whole family is involved in make some kind of sport regularly.
It is important to change behavior, your child does not have fattened and then to lose weight, which includes:
- Healthy eating habit: your child should do 3 balanced meals minutes, including breakfast, plus 2 nutritious snacks (mid-morning lunch and snack).
- Serve little fatty food: food is best served grilled, boiled or steamed or grilled, it fried. Try giving buy lean meat and plenty of vegetables and salads. If you have more appetite and want to repeat, always repeat or vegetable salad.
- Desserts: serve fresh fruit for dessert and avoid eating ice cream or cake or other calorie too often. Apply the same rules for the whole family, not only for children with weight problems. All will gain physical and emotional health and academic performance with a healthier diet
- The shopping list: buy products and low-fat calories. The snacks, desserts and milk to be skimmed. Avoid buying sweets and biscuits normal because they have too much sugar. The bag potatoes, soda and ice cream can also buy them with less fat.
- Food on the Table: Do not let your child eat off the kitchen or the table where Vds. eat normally.
- Avoid fast food: the maximum limit fast foods because they contain lots of calories and fat.
- Limit TV: TV should be limited to your child 1 or 2 hours per day (this time includes the time playing video games and use the computer.) Watching TV encourages eating junk food.
- Drink: should encourage your child to drink from 4 to 6 glasses of water between meals, especially before meals. Water has no calories and as he kills the appetite for full, eat less. You should also drink skim milk and diet soda (150-170 calories per drink).
- The snacks: should be limited to mid-morning lunch and snack. Prepare things with low calories: If you prepare a sandwich with bread that is low fat and sausage with lettuce and tomato, but also can put juice, dried fruit (raisins, dried apricots, dried figs …). Do not put bags of chips, cookies, pastries …
- Personal Journal of evolution, to get in shape: Help your child keep a diary reflecting their diet (foods and beverages) and its evolution. Time watching TV or playing with video games or playing sport. You can also record the initial weight had his son and that is losing every week (but avoid weighing every day)
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