What causes obesity in infants and young children? Two major reasons need to be noted

Many parents prefer white and plump infants and young children, but they don’t know what to do if they are too fat. So, what causes obesity in infants and young children?

The main causes of obesity in infants and young children

1. Due to genetic reasons, if your family has a history of obesity, your baby will naturally inherit it and is likely to have obesity problems. According to surveys, if both parents are obese, the obesity rate of their children in the future will be 70% to 80%.

2. Due to environmental reasons, the baby's eating habits in life are actually closely related to the cause of the baby's obesity. When the child is very young or still in the fetal period, it is easy to cause obesity due to inappropriate nutritional supplements, too little exercise, etc.

How to prevent obesity in babies

If the baby is too fat, it will also cause a certain burden. Therefore, in the process of the growth of babies of different ages, we must control the baby's weight and adjust the baby's diet structure appropriately. Don't think that the baby does not eat well or eats too little, which will directly affect the baby's figure. Once the baby is found to be overweight, we should reduce the amount of milk fed to the baby, control the amount of milk fed to the baby, and consult a nutritionist to feed the baby according to the nutritionist's advice.

Baby's weight standard

The obesity standard for infants under one year old is that their weight is 20% greater than the average weight of infants of the same age and gender. The incidence of simple obesity in infants and young children is about 10%.

The normal weight at different ages can be roughly estimated according to the following formula: 0-6 months old baby weight = birth weight (kg) + age in months × 0.77-12 months old baby weight = 6 + age in months × 0.25

The average weight gain in the second year after birth is 2.5 kg

Weight from 2 years old to pre-puberty = age x 2 + 7 or 8

The dangers of childhood obesity

Childhood obesity is neither a simple overnutrition nor a sign of health. Obesity causes excessive accumulation of fat in the brain tissue, forming an obese brain, which makes the brain grooves close together, wrinkles reduced, the cerebral cortex becomes smooth, the neural network develops poorly, the intelligence level is reduced, the brain reaction is not agile; the movements are slow, and the limbs are difficult to move, which in turn affects the psychological development of children. At the same time, obese children often eat too much fat and heat energy, which may lead to their early puberty. Moreover, childhood obesity not only affects their current life, study and health, but also is a hotbed for the cultivation of adult diseases, laying the foundation for adult hypertension, heart disease, arteriosclerosis, tumors, diabetes and other diseases.