Eating and exercise habits play a much larger role in childhood obesity.Factors that increase your child’s risk of becoming overweight are:Diet: A regular consumption of high-calorie foods and beverages Inactivity: Watching too much T.V. and playing video games as opposed to games of a more active nature. Genetics: If your child comes from a family of overweight people, he or she may be predisposed to put on excess weight.
This is especially true if he or she lives in an environment where high-calorie food is always available and physical activity is not encouraged. Psychological factors: Overeating due to stress or boredom Family/social factors: Most children do not shop for the family’s groceries. Most of the time, it is the parents who are responsible for putting unhealthy foods in the refrigerator, on the family’s shelves and the family dinner table. The child may have a larger-than-average body frame or bone structure. Children also carry different amounts of body fat at various stages of development.
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