Is my child at risk of obesity? We discovered it with this test

The incidence of obesity is increasing worldwide and children are no exception. Childhood obesity causes serious diseases and it can also cause psychological and social problems. That is why we often talk to you about how to prevent it and give you advice so that your children grow up healthy with an adequate weight.

Today we want to offer you a test to know if your child is at risk of obesity that, like all questionnaires of this type, may not be decisive but can guide us in some habits that can be harmful to children and thus reduce or prevent the impact of obesity.

These are simple questions referring to children from three or four years (some, like the one in the TV in the room, I hope not so small ...) to which we must answer YES or NO and depending on the final number of Answers We will know what our son's risk of obesity.

• Does your child consume five or more fruits and vegetables every day?
• Is there any fruit or vegetable that your child likes to eat every day?
• Does your child have breakfast five or more times a week?
• Is your child in front of TV, video games or the computer for a maximum of 2 hours a day?
• Does your child attend a physical activity class or participate in sports or dance after school three or more times per week?
• Does your child have any physical activity or sport that he likes to practice?
• Does your child have dinner at the table with the family at least once a week?
• Does your child sleep in a room without television?
• Does your child consume their meals at the table, with the TV turned off?
• Does your child drink water instead of soda, juice or other sugary drinks?

If we have answered NO to five questions or less, the risk of the child being obese is low or medium (lower to less NO). If we have answered between 6 and 8 NO, the risk is high. The greatest danger of childhood obesity is whether we have given 9 or 10 negative responses.

And, as we see, the questions present us with healthy habits that we should follow to carry an adequate body weight (children and the whole family): eat lots of fruits and vegetables, exercise ...

And although there are genetic components and other factors involved in childhood obesity, health habits certainly have much to say about it in most cases.

We hope this test to detect the risk of obesity in children be useful and hopefully your answers are affirmative in most cases, because it will mean that you are doing your best with your children.

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