Jakarta –
Cases of obesity in children today are already much increased. There are various factors that can cause obesity in children so rampant at this time.
“I mean now (cases) of obese children are quite high, right. Not only children, adults who are obese have never decreased. If we look at what is called riskesdas (basic health research), in 2008, 2013, 2018 the obesity rate is extraordinary. normal, including children,” said Dr. Fiastuti Isbandi Witjaksono, clinical nutritionist at Siloam Hospitals when met by detik.com in South Jakarta, Monday (27/2/2023).
Dr. Fiastuti explained that the lack of role of parents in maintaining children’s diet is one of the factors in increasing cases of obesity in children. According to him, now children really like to eat foods high in calories and low in nutrition.
“Children nowadays get easy food and generally the food is high in calories,” explained Dr. Fiastuti.
“If we look at modern stalls, there are only foods that contain sugar, fried, chips, salt,” he continued.
Furthermore, Dr. Fiastuti hopes that parents can get used to a healthier eating pattern at an early age. It aims to prevent obesity.
“So in my opinion, before their children become obese, they should teach their children to eat well,” he continued.
The habit of consuming healthy food should be done from an early age. If it becomes a habit, of course it will be difficult to change a child’s unhealthy eating pattern.
Especially if the child also doesn’t have much activity and plays more with gadgets.
“Yes (prevention is needed). If it’s like that, it’s difficult, it’s difficult for children to cook, so we ask them to diet. So they have to do a lot of physical activity. So, children nowadays play lots of gadgets, watch TV, don’t move much,” explained Dr. Fiastuti.
“It’s automatic, you eat a lot of calories then you don’t have enough activity, you’re already obese,” he concluded.
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