Obesity is the disease of the age, has been all eyes on him from the medical and commercial bodies as well, and some countries, such as the United States of America steps and attempts great and serious to educate doctors who deal with patients every day preventive education to prevent the problem and ways to resolve, talking to the doctor and patients and their families about nutrition But what about those children who are obese at the age of three or less! How do parents know that their child is obese? Can anyone succeed in solving the problem of these children What if the parents or one of them is also obese? These and other questions may make dealing with the problem more clear and equitable after the obesity epidemic has swept the world of young people as adults!
Dealing with the theme of child obesity requires a lot of compassion and compassion! Blame, blame and deprivation all complicate the problem rather than solve it. How can you deprive a child of a piece of candy or stop him from buying and eating a junk food? Even if the patient is a teenager, this is crazy. If you are a treating doctor or nutritionist, know that this will be your last visit to your clinic!
* There are five important rules to deal with the situation at the beginning and to achieve the desired objectives:
1. Tranquility and ridicule are not allowed at all.
2. Hallows and reproaches are also categorically rejected.
3. Lying or hiding the truth to a doctor or dietitian is unacceptable, because it exists to provide help and not to release judgments!
4. Prevent the child’s labeling of “chubby” or similar negative titles because that does not work.
5. All family members should follow a healthy diet with the child, prevent him from eating something specifically and allow his siblings to do something negative, everyone should live the same way!
The application of these steps, you build a golden rule to deal with patients and their parents, and build a wall of strong confidence, which ensures continuity for all. The role of pediatrician in the forefront, the function of the necessary tests and sampling, there are some diseases and disorders may lead to overweight in children as exacerbation Asthma problems and hypoxia problems during sleep, there are also some children who suffer from disorders and attention deficit due to hyperactivity and movement they have, there are also children with diabetes or fatty liver disease or joint diseases, permanent headache and blood pressure also s Show results in the form of an increase in weight. The doctor will schedule the child to perform the necessary tests such as blood tests and evaluation, and then ask for a brief note on the list of foods taken by the child in a certain period (as a day), provided that the list is true and include all foods already! After these steps, the doctor decides what treatment procedures are needed, and if the child actually means life-threatening illness, the doctor will take radical dietary measures and changes immediately.
After that comes the role of nutrition specialist to write recommendations for food and life, and to provide advice and guidance needed to stop drinking cola and sugar sweetened beverages, replace the stairs elevator and reduce the proportion of starches at dinner, and follow up after two weeks, for example, from the application to ensure the start of positive results, which stimulates the child and his parents to Continuation.
There are five tips for parents of overweight children:
1. Do not weigh your child regularly at home. We do not want to create a disturbance in your child’s life or focus on body image issues. If you want to know if your child is gaining or losing weight, you can tell from his clothes if they become loose or tight!
2. Drink two cups of water before leaving the house for a birthday party or for dinner for example, because it will give a feeling of fullness and hopefully limit the amount of unwanted food consumed at the time.
3. Eat cooked at home Instead of eating in restaurants, meals outside are usually a very bad source of nutrition for containing high amounts of sodium, processed materials and frozen meat is not reliable source.
4. Reduce the proportion of sugar as much as possible and replace it with fruit.
5. Use positive reinforcement with your child, inventing stimulation instead of punishment, and inventing different ways to endear the idea of changing the diet to itself like making posters and pictures of healthy foods and hanging them in places of eating.