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My child is considered “Overweight”, what should I do?
If your child has a BMI greater than 95 percent, he is
considered overweight. If there are secondary
complications such as mild hypertension, high blood
lipid levels, and insulin resistance from being
overweight the first thing you need to do is to maintain
the weight. Once some of the healthy behaviors have been
adopted then the recommendation is to lose no more than
one pound a month.
If your child experiences acute complications from
being overweight, such as sleep apnea, obesity
hypoventilation syndrome, or orthopedic problems, they
should be referred to a pediatric physician that
specializes in complications of children that are
overweight.
Healthy Behaviors:
- Be more physically active.
- Spend less time watching TV.
- Spend less time playing computer and video games.
- Eat more family meals together.
- Eat a healthy breakfast.
- Eat more colorful vegetables and fruits.
- Drink less soda and sweetened fruit drinks.
- Eat less sweets and salty snacks.
Candance Gabel, M.S. R.D., Assistant Program Director, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri Extension
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