February 10, 2014

The roots of child obesity   in many cases, go to the wrong understanding of the problem parents. For many moms and dads feel that their child is present only baby fat that will disappear after a while. Thus, every seventh a parent raising a child with perfectly normal weight, somehow thinks his kid too skinny.

Scientists from the United States conducted a special survey designed to show how well the parents are able to assess the extent of this problem. The large-scale study were involved in more than 15 thousand children in the age a group of from 2 to 18 years . It turned out that 51% of parents With children   overweight   or obese, are not able to adequately assess the child's weight. More often misjudge the weight of the child are the people who themselves have suffered from the problem of excess weight. However, many adults with absolutely normal parameters of weight, too, misjudge the degree of obesity of children. By the way, it turned out that most of the excess body weight suffered by those children who have at least one parent was obese.

The main problem in this case lies in the fact that about three-quarters of children suffering from the extra kilos in childhood remain obese after maturity. Accordingly, they tend to have higher risk of developing a number of diseases (diabetes type 2, illnesses of the cardiovascular system, and others.).

At the same time, scientists who work in University of Liverpool (UK) , Found that obesity to some extent " Contagious ". That is a higher risk of excessive gain kilos have the people who live near the mast relatives. The fact that the harmful tendency of one person living with him, people often tend to copy. As a result they daily consume the same products that patients with obesity without controlling the total amount eaten. As a consequence of living next to people not only gain weight together but can together suffer from the same disease, for example, sick diabetes .