Childhood obesity has tripled in the Region in the last two decades
15 of every 100 children suffer from this problem, and two of every three Murcia have a weight greater than levels considered healthy by the doctors
In the Region of Murcia the obese children national average is exceeded by more than four points . While the national average is obese 14 for every 100 boys, in Murcia is 18, also the growth of childhood obesity grows currently twice what did in the Decade of the eighties.
Only the Canary Islands and Andalusia beat Murcia in the percentages of obesity.
According to data of the Ministry of health and consumption of Spain, only 7.5% of children Spanish takes a balanced breakfast, i.e. the compound by milk, fruit or juice, and carbohydrate. Approximately 20% of the child and juvenile population only takes a glass of milk, while 56% only accompanies it of any carbohydrate. Half of those children spent less than 10 minutes for breakfast. In short, Spanish children eat poorly, according to experts in nutrition, which implies an increase in obesity in the majority of cases.
Damages causing excess weight for health.
Damages causing excess weight for health.
Childhood obesity of nutritional type can generate Orthopedic, respiratory and skin complications.Overweight children are at the risk for diabetes, cholesterol and high blood pressure. In short, all of them lead to suffering of cardiovascular diseases
Most frequent causes of childhood obesity
A) incorrect nutrition
The abandonment of traditional food, excessive consumption of fast food and high calorie, as industrial pastries and sweets, and sedentary lifestyle and lack of exercise. (According to the endocrine Dr Madrid)
One hundred grams of industrial bakery, drink high calorie, sweets or chocolates contain 500 calories, a third of the needs of a school, (according to the director general of public health, Francisco García Ruiz).
b) sedentary lifestyle
Currently, the sedentary activities (television, video games, computer...) subtract and even, sometimes, reverse the physical activity. 20% Of schoolchildren does nothing of exercise out of class, girls are sedentary, and more pronounced form.
During the week, more than 90% watching TV, most between one and three hours, but there are another 18 percent that goes to the screen more three hours a day, bending the weekend. Six out of ten adds a "moment" of up to one hour with the console or computer
The car, the elevator, appliances , make that we save, average about 400-500 calories per day. as regards a few decades ago. Now we eat less, but the acalorica density is greater.
We educate our children in a correct diet
We must teach them that is preferable to an Apple to a bun, and explain why. We are critical of the advertising of these products and prevent them against vending machines. We also need to take note.
We monitor the menus in school canteens and convince our children that eat everything. We must be informed of what you have eaten at school for to complement in house food, if necessary.
We has physical activity for our children
Physical activity helps fight obesity. But to do this, the physical activity should be on a daily basis, not only on weekends.
We cannot settle for the physical education of schools since they are far from the recommendations of five hours a week and, in free time, requires the effort of transporting and small, to swim with them, or riding a bike.