Will children naturally lose weight when they grow up?

Many parents think that when children grow up and grow taller, obesity will naturally change. Liu Yanping, associate professor and nutrition doctor at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said that this is a misunderstanding. When children become fat, they are usually due to problems with their lifestyles and eating habits. We cannot hope that the consumption of growth and development will naturally reduce their weight. We must help them gradually return to a healthy lifestyle. Exercise more activities and not eat what they shouldn't eat.

Dr. Han Lei said that about 25% of obese children have serum cholesterol or triglycerides above normal, and 15%-20% have high blood pressure. Among children with type 2 diabetes, 80%-90% are overweight or obese. About 60% of obese children have at least one cardiovascular disease risk factor, such as elevated blood pressure, hyperlipidemia or hyperglycemia. 35% of overweight children develop adult obesity, and their prevalence and mortality rates of cardiovascular disease are significantly higher than those of patients who gain weight in adulthood. Therefore, preventing overweight and obesity in childhood is important for preventing obesity in adulthood and its related diseases are very important.

A study by Kaiser Healthcare in the United States found that overweight teenagers are twice as likely to develop gallstones as normal-weight teenagers, while the odds of developing gallstones in moderately obese teenagers and severely obese teenagers are 4 and 6 times higher, respectively.

Gallbladder stones are small stones that are usually asymptomatic, but when contracted or compressed, they can induce severe abdominal colic and biliary colic. Gallbladder stones can hinder bile from entering the intestine, which in turn can lead to serious biliary, gallbladder and pancreatic damage or infection, delay or delay treatment, and may even endanger human life.

Past studies have found that adult obesity is closely related to the incidence of gallbladder stones, but new research results show a trend of younger adult diseases, which can also occur in obese or extremely obese children.

Therefore, it is not advisable to sit idly by and ignore your child's obesity. It will be too late to lose weight until the child has turned a poor lifestyle into a stubborn habit or suffers from a disease. Height development will alleviate obesity is just the wishful thinking of some parents. According to reports, obese children initially develop faster than children of the same age, but as they grow older, the height development of obese children stops earlier than children of the same age, showing a short body shape and prone to X-legs and O-legs. Obesity can also affect the development of children's head shape and indirectly affect the development of intelligence.

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(Editor in charge: He Zhiyan)