"The child's weight is not light. I usually prepare milk, eggs and fresh fruits and vegetables for him every day. I specialize in learning videos of how children eat balanced and nutritious ingredients from the Internet. He also eats a lot. " Ms. Liu quickly explained.
Because Ms. Liu is often said by many people that her children are thin, eat more and have a good spirit, but she is not fat. Her family went to the hospital several times, but it didn't work. I don't know what caused her child to lose weight. This problem has also been bothering Ms. Liu.
In fact, in daily life, children with small bodies but good physique abound. It's just that most elders in China think that children should be fat in vain, eat more, eat well and eat comprehensively. This kind of thinking sometimes leads to children's weight soaring in disguise, and the characteristics of obesity are constantly emerging. Of course, this is an extreme development.
If the child's weight is basically within the normal range, there is no need to deliberately ask for the child's weight. Because children are in the growth and development period, they can't completely and strictly control their food intake, which requires parents to make careful plans for their children's growth and development period to better grasp their physical problems.
Many times, there is no obvious difference between being fat and being thin. It is impossible to judge a child's physical health problems just by observing his appearance. Being thin also has the advantages of being thin, and there are still many questions about the standard between being fat and thin. Therefore, this article will talk about the real reasons for being thin since childhood, and how to judge some indicators of children's health, so as to better alleviate parents' worries.
Children eat well and sleep well, and there is nothing wrong with their health, but even if they eat well, they are not fat. Actually, there is no need to worry too much. We can use different methods to regulate the child's body and find out the real reason why the child is thin.
The first is the diet structure. Children's diet pays the most attention to the variety and reasonable collocation of food. Some children usually eat less and their physical needs are not met, which leads to malnutrition and thin body.
Followed by indigestion. If the child's stomach does not have a good absorption effect, then the child's indigestion will lead to a large reduction in the intake of essential nutrients, and the child will not get a continuous energy supply, and his appetite will be greatly reduced, resulting in a thin and short body.
Finally, there are genetic factors. Children are thinner since childhood, and their bodies are shorter and thinner than their peers, which has a lot to do with family genes to some extent. If there are many slender people in the family, the height or weight of the parents are not very prominent, which will also cause the children to be thin.
The thinness of children is not caused by more or less physical problems. It is complex and changeable, including environment, diet, personal habits and many other factors. Parents need not worry too much. Although not as chubby and cute as other children, it is still beneficial for children to be thinner, mainly in the following three aspects.
The first aspect is to reduce the internal friction of the body. Simply put, the child's thin body also reduces the bearing capacity of his heart, spleen and stomach, liver and other organs, and the consumption is less than the input. The child's body can absorb more nutrition, and the nutritional needs for normal growth and development are greatly supplemented, reducing fat accumulation, and the body will naturally become thinner.
The second aspect is to increase the beauty of the figure. Research shows that 88% of obese children are still obese when they are adults. Especially in adolescence, psychological sensitivity will be more prominent, and a certain degree of obesity is often unfavorable to children. Over time, it may not only cause physical fatigue and be laughed at by peers, but also do harm to mental health.
The third aspect is to reduce the accumulation of fat. Children's fat content exceeds the standard, which may be due to excessive fat accumulation in the body caused by energy intake exceeding human consumption for a long time, thus leading to malnutrition. At the same time, these diseases will increase the risk of children suffering from hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, gout and other diseases. Therefore, thin children have relatively less fat and the incidence of diseases will be relatively reduced.
It is worth mentioning that being too thin can also cause physical harm to children. Parents should understand that the measurement between fatness and thinness is not just superficial words, it has scientific evaluation indicators and a comprehensive system platform.
With the continuous progress and development of society, accurate and reasonable physical health indicators suitable for all kinds of people are constantly changing, and the evaluation criteria for childhood obesity are more simple and practical, mainly from two aspects.
First, the child's weight is used as the standard to judge whether he is obese, but when judging obesity according to his weight, he must consider the child's age and gender at the same time, because the standard weight of a child will vary with age and gender. Generally speaking, when a child's weight is 20% 29% heavier than the average weight of children of the same age and sex, it is mild obesity. When the average weight is 30% to 49%, it is moderately obese. When the average weight is above 50%, it is severe obesity. At the same time, childhood obesity can also be deduced according to the formula:
Obesity = (measured weight-average weight) The average weight is in the range of 65438+ 00% of the average weight, and those who are more than 65438+ 00% of the average weight are overweight.
Second, there are some related factors between weight and height. If the child's weight is greater than the 97th percentile of the height and weight of children of the same sex (the weight of 100 children corresponding to height is ranked from lightest to heaviest, and the weight of the 97th child is the 97th percentile), then the child can be considered obese.
Similarly, according to the above standards, we can also evaluate the obesity degree of children according to the weight of the corresponding height or the weight of the corresponding age, and get more accurate data, so as to better judge the difference between children's body fat and thin.
The above two aspects are more accurate methods to evaluate children's obesity, which also shows that children's obesity has its own standard system. This obesity standard is not only an understanding of body shape, but also refers to controlling children's physique in a healthy range to reduce the occurrence of diseases. So how to make children grow sturdily from an early age and have a strong body is also a question worth pondering.
The dietary guidelines for China residents (2022) put forward guidance on food selection and physical activity, based on the principles of nutrition science and human nutrition demand, to ensure children's comprehensive intake and storage of daily body nutrients, and to provide comprehensive preparation for children's health. Parents can start from the following four aspects.
First of all, we should reasonably mix a variety of foods. Based on grain, edit recipes of different foods such as milk, fruit, vegetables, fish and eggs. At the same time, all kinds of foods can be reasonably matched to satisfy children's appetite, so that children can fully supplement the nutrients needed by the body, generate energy and maintain physiological activities.
This model not only avoids nutritional deficiency, obesity and related chronic diseases, but also improves life expectancy to a certain extent, which plays an inestimable role in children's growth and development.
Secondly, it is necessary to maintain a reasonable coordination between exercise and diet and achieve a balanced diet. As the saying goes, "life goes on, exercise goes on", and people of all ages should do physical exercise every day to keep a healthy weight. Although children are small, they need a certain amount of food, but they should also pay attention to eating too much. They should keep energy balance, exercise properly and keep healthy.
Plan a healthy diet at all stages of children's growth, choose fresh food with high nutritional density, arrange children's activities regularly every day, exercise, keep fit, and truly achieve a balanced diet and healthy weight.
Thirdly, eat regularly and quantitatively to keep enough water. Many children like to drink carbohydrate drinks, which is harmful to their development in the long run. Parents should cultivate their children's light eating habits, eat less high-salt and fried foods, drink no or less sugary drinks, and arrange their children's three meals a day reasonably.
On the premise of maintaining a regular diet, children should also be told to drink plenty of water. A small amount of water can maintain the normal cell structure of the body, assist metabolism and transport the nutrients needed in the body.
In short, the standard of regularly and quantitatively arranging meals should ensure that children get adequate nutrition. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the fact that 60%-70% of the human body is water, and most of the physical activities of the human body are completed with the help of water. Children should also maintain water intake and complete the basic transportation needs of the body.
Finally, cherish food and put an end to waste. Children's good habits are mostly cultivated from childhood. We should not only make changes in diet, but also fully focus on this healthy atmosphere in children's lives, pay attention to hygiene, cherish food, prepare meals as needed, advocate CD-ROM action, let children and adults be practitioners of sustainable food system development together, and always follow the concept of sustainable development and be successors in the new century.
From the above aspects, it is very important for children to keep healthy and thrive, and parents need to pay more attention to this issue. However, it is not advisable to worry too much. Some parents may fall into the whirlpool of "thin body, unhealthy appearance and poor health" because of someone else's words.
In short, thin children from an early age are not just so short and fragile on the surface. The human body will have its own defense mechanism. What needs to be done is to strengthen the body defense system to ensure the basic health needs of children. This requires parents not only to work hard on diet, but also to consider the healthy state of children's growth from behavioral, psychological and emotional factors, pay attention to all stages of children's growth and development, and ensure that children have a happy childhood.
References:
1. The reference date of the parenting guide is May 22nd, 2022.
2. Dietary Guidelines for China Residents (2022). Date cited by medical station: May 22, 2022.
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