Children sitting at home has increased from 36kg to 40kg

Children have been at home since March last year due to corona virus infection. His physical activity is decreasing. Classes, sports, meeting friends, everything is happening online. Because of this, the problem of obesity in children is increasing continuously. This complaint is coming most commonly in children aged 6 to 14 years. Doctors and dieticians are constantly getting calls from parents asking them how to lose weight for their kids.

Can’t play

Before Corona, children used to play at school, at home, in the park in the evening. He used to ride a bicycle in the evening with his friends. Which is now completely closed for the last one and a half years. As the situation was normal, but now the situation has become the same again. If you do not go out to play outside the house, you are sitting for many hours doing mobile games, video games, watching TV, etc. Due to this, his weight is increasing. Due to this, problems of joint pain, back pain, constipation, etc. are increasing in children at an early age. In this regard, Dr. Arun Jain says that children up to 10 years of age are in a growing age, after that if obesity starts increasing then the problems are more. Every day eight to 10 parents are getting calls, who are telling about the problems being faced by their children due to obesity.

Making a diet chart

In the Corona era, mothers made children every dish of their choice, be it pizza or burger. This worsened his eating habits. Dietician Shilpa Agarwal tells that parents are making diet charts for their children. Children’s BMI i.e. body mass index should be less than 25. To measure BMI, height is divided by weight. We recommend more for children to eat green vegetables, fruits etc., so that essential nutrients reach their body but obesity does not increase. For pizza, take its base of roti, use more green vegetables. Obesity can also be controlled by giving khichdi, porridge etc. to children.