Obesity and overeating has become a viral problem in the modern world. Most of the people eat not to gratify their hunger but to satisfy their craving and taste. The parents pass on these habits to their children. The children and youth are the worst hit by this epidemic of obesity and weight gain.
Eight Tips To Keep Your Kids Free From Obesity
1.Restrictions do not work
Restricting kids and youth to suppress their cravings to eat and engage in rigorous workout hardly bears desired results. These behavioral restrictions do not work at all. Need is to place children in their natural environment and teach them to eat in the quantity enough to satisfy their hunger. You can`t force a kid or a youth to stop eating ice-cream but making him or her conscious of the fact that more than one ice-cream is bad for health will surely appeal to her or him. All kids love ice-cream, chips, cake or pop. Let them not supress their craving for these things. The better course is to teach them how excess of these things can affect their health and make them look ugly. Develop a taste for honey in the kids right from their birth which will cut the sugar calories to some extent.
2.Stop eating while watchingTV or Computer
Watching too much of TV and playing with Computer create cravings for more eating and deposition of fat on the belly and hips. Avoid giving any food or snacks to kids while they are either working on PC or watching TV.
3.Develop a regular regime of exercises or Yoga
Maintain a regular regime of exercises for your kids. Yoga can control both their physical as well as mental cravings and keep them fit.
4.Keep busy with extra music or dance or painting or sports class.
Let them to keep their creativity growing both physically as well as mentally. This will reduce their time in watching TV and cravings for eating without actually feeling hungry.
5.Never stress them for homework or class work.
Teach them how to deal with the stress of homework or class work without taxing their mind too much.
6.Parents need to follow health and good diet plan.
Parents must take care to adhere to health and good diet plan so that the kids follow them naturally.
7.Encourage to eat veggies,fruits and nuts.
Limit their intake of non-veg food. Teach them the value of green veggies, nuts and fresh fruits.
Show them the value of green veggies and fresh fruits.
8.Create habits of healthy eating and exercise .
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