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研究 indicates that if kids are overweight at 5 years old, 他们很有可能成为肥胖的成年人.
你以前听我说过. 肥胖正成为孩子们的一个大问题. 有很多事情你需要记住. 肥胖的孩子有患糖尿病的风险. 他们有高胆固醇. 我已经看到孩子了, 还不到10岁的孩子, 他们有胰岛素抵抗, 也就是前驱糖尿病. 他们有高胆固醇，高甘油三酯. 我见过不到10岁的孩子, 勉强达到两位数, 和 they have triglyceride levels double what an adult should have.
If your child is obese 和 has asthma, it's going to make their asthma worse. A lot of kids will complain that they're short of breath because they're carrying so much weight. They'll have back pain, knee pain, things like that, 和 they just can't keep up with other kids. 这就是伴随肥胖而来的身体问题.
The psychological ones, that too, a lot of kids who are overweight, they aren't liked by many kids. They're teased by many kids, bullying, 和 they don't feel good about themselves. 你知道，这真的会打击他们的自尊心.
So it's important as a parent that you pay attention to this 和 especially pay attention before they become kindergarteners. 去看儿科医生，问问他们, 你知道, “我的孩子有多重？, 它们的高度是多少？, 他们的身体质量指数是多少?" 所有 kids over 2 can have their body mass index calculated, 和 it's just a math formula. It takes 他们的身高 和 他们的体重 into consideration, 和 it comes up with a number. You need to look at their percentage for their body mass index, 如果超过95%, 他们被认为是肥胖人群.
So a new study came out in "The New Engl和 Journal of Medicine," 和 it showed that half of childhood obesity occurred in children who had been overweight during the preschool years. One thing it pointed out was that kindergarteners who were heavy babies, which is 8.出生时体重超过8磅, were actually more prone to being overweight toddlers 和 overweight kindergarteners.
大发娱乐通常把健康的婴儿和胖乎乎的婴儿联系在一起. 现实是，我对这项研究并不感到惊讶. I'm seeing a lot of kids who are overweight in their toddler years, 谁能一直吃草呢, 他们的父母, 你知道, they think that they just need to constantly be eating for growth. And actually, kids normally go through what's called the toddler appetite slump. 在1岁到5岁之间，他们吃得并不多. 他们不像刚出生时那样生长. They're not growing like they will be during their second growth spurt around the kindergarten, 一年级. 所以他们不需要像以前那样摄入那么多卡路里, 所以他们通常会在4岁的时候变瘦.
对于幼儿园前超重的孩子, it's like they've already gotten their destiny predetermined. One-third of kids who are overweight in kindergarten were actually obese by eighth grade. 我是说，那是他们11岁左右的时候. And the concerning thing is almost every child remained that way.
所以你不想等到他们, 你知道, in later elementary years or in middle school before you start going, “嗯, my child looks a little bit more overweight than some of these other kids." You actually want to start paying attention when they're in preschool. 看看他们在幼儿园的体重, because that's going to tell you what things are going to be like once they get older.
Once obesity is established early in life, it actually tracks through adulthood. The only time there's really exceptions is when you make a conscious effort to change the eating habits 和 the activity habits of the children that you're concerned about.
For a lot of kids there is concern about, 你知道, what is the ethnicity? 你知道, 每个人都说, "Oh, 好吧, 我就属于这种种族, 大发娱乐都是大块头.“或者，你知道，种族或家庭收入也是如此. 很多人说, “嗯, I don't have the family income to be able to afford all these healthy foods, so I'm going to feed them what I can because I want my children to eat." But, regardless, a lot of people say, “嗯, that's how it is in my family.“但事实是, 5岁以后, those factors no longer affect their risk for being overweight in the later years.
So what parents really need to do is focus on checking their child's growth from early on, 看看它们在增长曲线上的位置. 一次又一次, 你的儿科医生会告诉你他们的成长情况, 他们的体重, 他们的身高, 和, 2岁以后, 他们的身体质量指数.
Parents also need to pay attention to what your child is eating 和 their eating habits. You want to make sure you're instilling healthy eating 和 activity habits early on before there's a problem. 如果你担心会有问题, the study reinforces that genetic influences do show up early in life, but exercise 和 a healthy diet can actually reduce the effect of the genes. 在某种程度上，你实际上可以克服你的基因. 不幸的是，你不能改变你的基因. 你可以改变你的饮食和锻炼方式.
So the important thing is to prevent the problems from happening rather than reacting to the problem once they've already happened. 注意5210, 每天吃五份水果和蔬菜, 两小时或更少的屏幕时间, 电视, 电脑, 视频游戏, 一小时的体力活动, 而且不需要一次完成一个小时. 你可以在大发娱乐做20分钟, 大发娱乐10分钟, 大发娱乐5分钟, 以半小时结束, 保持活跃. 最后，不喝含糖饮料. 包括果汁，苏打水. You will be shocked to find out how much sugar 和 how many calories are in a 20-ounce bottle of soda or a 12-ounce cup of juice. 就像一块糖果棒. 所以从饮食中去除这些有害的东西, making them treats instead of daily or weekly parts of your diet can actually go a long way to prevent the problems of childhood obesity.
If your child can make it through their first five years at a healthy weight, the chances that they will remain at a healthy weight for the rest of their lives really improves. So it's worth making the effort early on to give them the best start in life that you can.
更新日期：2021年12月6日
最初发布日期：2014年3月4日