The harm of obesity to children is not clear to every family, and some still think that being fat is better than being thin. Childhood obesity is not only a symptom of human beings, but also has a short-term impact on children, such as weight gain, slow movement, inflexibility and accidents. Too much fat in obese children will increase oxygen consumption, showing listlessness and lethargy, which will affect the learning effect. Due to obesity, the amount of activity is reduced, and you will sweat after a little activity, which is easy to fatigue and fatigue. Because there is too much fat in the abdominal cavity, the diaphragm is raised, which hinders breathing and blood circulation, and it is easy to produce palpitation and shortness of breath during activities. Obese children are also prone to precocious puberty, even hyperlipidemia, hypertension, hyperinsulinemia, fatty liver, abnormal liver function, and even type 2 diabetes that was once patented by adults. According to our examination of a group of obese children aged 9- 12, 3.8% have type 2 diabetes, 5.7% have impaired glucose tolerance (pre-diabetes), and 65433 have hyperlipidemia. Hyperinsulinemia accounted for 69.2%, and abnormal liver function accounted for 9.4%, indicating that two-thirds of patients had hyperinsulinemia, while hyperinsulinemia and abnormal glucose tolerance were prone to type 2 diabetes. Although some obese children have no pathological changes for the time being, the risk of diabetes complicated with hypertension, coronary heart disease complicated with sleep apnea syndrome, gallstones, fatty liver, gout, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, endometrial cancer and other diseases in adulthood is greatly increased. Therefore, obese children often affect their health all their lives because of obesity, which brings a lot of pressure to themselves and society, so they need the attention and support from all walks of life.
The treatment of childhood obesity should include diet control, exercise and drug comprehensive treatment. The total calories in daily diet should not be too much, and sweets (including sugary drinks) and fried foods should not be eaten. A study in Boston Children's Hospital found that when children drink 1 can of cola, they need to walk continuously for 45 minutes to consume the calories of cola, so it is very important to control the consumption of sugary drinks to lose weight. Obese children often have a strong appetite and poor self-control ability. Diet control is indeed more difficult than obese adults. They should have confidence and perseverance, and parents should encourage them more. In addition to diet control, exercise for at least half an hour to 1 hour every day and at least three times a week. It is a long-term process for children to lose weight, which cannot be done once and for all. At present, all non-surgical weight loss methods have the possibility of gaining weight. A reasonable diet and moderate exercise are the basis of losing weight and an important guarantee of gaining weight.
Because there are many reasons for obesity, many diet pills will have serious side effects on the human body, so they are not necessarily suitable for children. Children must lose weight under the guidance of doctors, do necessary examinations, understand the causes of obesity, and don't blindly believe in advertisements, take medicine by themselves, and go on a diet blindly, so as not to hurt their health and lose more than they gain. Those with hyperinsulinemia and hyperlipidemia must seek medical advice in time and actively treat and control complications.