Obesity is already a problem in babies

The childhood obesity has been defined considering the relationship between total weight and the estimated size . Child overweight is established from the 75th percentile on the curves of IMC and childhood obesity from the 85th percentile, these data can be reviewed in the annexed growth charts in the vaccination cards and that the pediatrician supervises in the monitoring and control of the babies.

At our society There is still the thought of relating a "chubby baby" with a "healthy baby "or think that the excess weight will disappear when the child grows.chubby "Or that is in the upper limit of your weight at a certain age, does not necessarily mean that the child, when he grows up, will be an obese adult.

If it stays within the limits, desired of the corresponding weight at his age, as he grows up, there is nothing to fear: the child develops in the way he is supposed to do it.

Obesity, or excess fat accumulation, should be avoided from the first months of life and, even, you have to control eating habits since the child is in the womb or even before birth.

The age of onset of childhood obesity, in almost half of the cases, is before the 2 years . Near 80% of adolescents obese will suffer this disorder in adulthood. Among the consequences that derive from it are: the increase in mortality from cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, cancer or social maladjustment.

 

Childhood obesity from pregnancy

The women what increase more of 18 kilos during pregnancy They run almost twice the risk of giving birth to a baby with a high weight than those who put on less weight. The study of American women and their babies revealed that one in five pregnant women gain too much weight during pregnancy, which duplicates the possibilities that your baby weighs 4 kilos or more at birth.

The experts found that pregnant women who gained more than 18 kilos were more likely to have a very heavy baby even if they did not suffer gestational diabetes , a form of short-term diabetes related to pregnancy, which is a risk factor known to have a big baby.

An almost certain index to know if the baby will be a obese adult , is looking around: What kind of family have? If the child comes from a family where everyone is obese it is very difficult for the child boy go to be thin . Not only by inheritance, but by eating habits.

Obesity in babies has grown 60% during the last 20 years especially by bad habits of pregnant women, as well as other factors such as the gestational age of the child at the time of delivery, the behavior of pregnant women or genetic factors in mothers who are overweight during pregnancy.

In families where the father and mother are obese , the boy has 50% greater possibilities to enter into this physical condition. If the mother is obese and the father is not, the odds are still high, whereas if only the father is, the chances of the child being obese are lower. This is so, because the pregnancy of the mother, her Feeding Habits and the intrauterine life of the fetus are factors that count.

The health and nutrition of the mother are factors of great weight, scientific researchers believe that how much higher is the body weight and the amount of fatty tissue of the mothers, it is observed that the babies that were biological children of obese mothers they consumed more calories, and a greater amount of carbohydrates, compared with infants of normal-weight moms. They also observed that three of each 4 children of obese mothers consumed dietary supplements and that the frequency with which obese mothers fed their children was less than their counterparts with normal weight . They point out that, on average, the most obese women interacted with their babies less time, understanding "interaction" as shared games and movements, which entails a lower energy expenditure , both of moms and babies.

 

How to detect childhood obesity?

In pediatric ages, the classification of Obesity is more complicated than in the adult, because changes in body composition and height occur continuously. These changes are generally different in each population. So far, there is no agreement regarding a classification of obesity in pediatric ages like the one that exists for adulthood. However, there are some general criteria that serve to guide and define behavior in this regard. The weight assessment in relation to size it has the advantage of excluding if the excess weight is due to fat or increase of other tissues (muscle, edema, bone, etc.).

There are numerous causes of obesity but the majority is due to the about feeding . However, in the presence of an obese child or adolescent it is important to think about the possibility of other causes or associated diseases .

The main cause of obesity in babies it is more related by mother or the person who takes care of the child that for the child himself. Since eating habits are easier to inherit than the same genes. However, there is a genetic factor to a greater or lesser extent, but obviously that this is expressed when the medium is adverse, that is, when the quantity and Food quality it's not the right.

Author: MCS. Saby Camacho López Director of Bachelor's Degree Universidad del Valle de México Toluca Campus


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