Obesity in children comes from physical and psychological factors

Childhood obesity is presented by several factors such as increased consumption of poor quality food, poor physical activity, or problems in the family circle; However, it is indirectly influenced by psychological factors such as anxiety problems, alterations in self-esteem and the onset of infantile depression.

Maria Luisa Mendoza Ceballos, national nutrition coordinator of the Colima State Health Ministry who stressed that it is important to know what is obesity and overweight, to be able to serve them.

Childhood obesity is considered the accumulation of large amounts of body fat, specifically in infants under 12 years of age. You have to differentiate between obesity and being overweight, since overweight has excess fat, considered to be the prelude to obesity, and obesity according to the World Health Organization. Health is considered a disease. "

state official said that childhood obesity produce diseases such as insulin resistance and by advancing this condition may be pr oduce infant diabetes, cardiovascular problems, high blood pressure, lipid alteration such as hypercholesterolemia, joint deformity as "varicose genu" in which the weight falls on the knees of children.

According to the National Survey of Health and Nutrition In 2012, the latest figures available, Colima ranks seventh nationally in childhood obesity, in a slice of age of 7 to 12.

In a comparison of the bades, girls are more likely to be obese

The prevalence, which is the number of cases that exist, in Colima is four in ten children with this disease, accounting for 39.6% of the population.

solve this problem, there are "Guidelines for the sale and distribution of food and beverages", in educational institutions, said that the regulation monitors the types of food sold in schools, but the l & # 39; commitment includes parents, children and school communities.

Parents should contribute by monitoring dietary habits, since children tend to repeat habits, as they commonly observe that parents consume high-sugar beverages like soft drinks or "

" You should pay attention to advertising large fast food companies, because they use brightly colored characters, so that children are interested in these products, therefore the abuse in the consumption of these foods, increases body mbad. "

The Secretary of Health of the State of Colima, has programs to prevent childhood obesity, it is visits to schools, communities and settlements, to detect and raise awareness parents that this condition is not a game, and should be prevented and treated to improve the quality of life of their children.

also the campaign "Move, Chécate, Mídete" that seeks to educate people, to avoid a sedentary lifestyle

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