Beware of Obesity in Infants
Fast rise: rapid weight increase in the first six months after the birth of a baby tends to obese as toddlers
Baby fat fast is not necessarily healthy. Even the parents should watch. The babies who have rapid weight gain during the first six months after birth is very susceptible to obesity when in infancy, according to a report of a Harvard study.
“We need to start a prevention method when the children were very young,” said study author Dr. Elsie M Taveras. “Even in a few weeks after birth, we can give guidance to parents to prevent weight gain quickly on their babies,” he added
In previous similar research, has found a link between birth weight infants with obesity, but the influence of other factors such as duration of pregnancy, maternal height and maternal lifestyle often not considered.
Harvard researchers to track 559 children who become participants Project Viva, a study going on pregnant women and their children. The babies born then measured their weight and height, and then measured again at 6-month-old baby, and again at 3 years.
Once include other factors such as the baby’s body length, the researchers found that if the baby has a body mass index increased during the first six months tend to be experienced or even obesity can be classified as age 3 years.
“Currently, most guidelines recommend surrounding the treatment of obesity we begin the examination and treatment of children when they entered the age of 2 years,” said Elsie. “But with the discovery that prevention and treatment should be done even as early as possible,” he added.
According to the National Institutes of Health, the U.S., approximately one third of adults in Uncle Sam’s considered obese. Ten to fifty percent of obese people tend to die with all the causes of health problems. In 2000, the epidemic of obesity cost the U.S. health care system up to 117 billion U.S. dollars.
“The key indication for this study is the importance of better education about infant intake,” said Connie Diekman, director of the Nutrition Division, Washington University, St. Louis. “Because the study did not examine what the food given to infants after breastfeeding, it is difficult to know if the gift becomes the cause of excessive intake,” said Connie.
To be effective, could be required only small changes simple. In Germany, a fountain was placed in 32 schools located in poor areas of two German cities. The teacher then presented the four teaching the kids class and class.
The study found that students attending these schools, about 31 percent have less risk of obesity than students who attend school in a place that does not teach about the water.
“The researchers themselves state that we need research on the care and infant relationships or bonds, because other studies have shown that lack of bonding during feeding, the baby will automatically change what they eat,” said Connie.
“In addition, the findings need to be removed and dubious studies should be repeated to see whether excessive weight gain during pregnancy is also a factor,” added Connie.
“Our research did provoke a lot of new questions, why the rapid increase baby’s weight can lead to obesity later in life,” said Elsie. “Therefore we need further research to identify factors that explain this regard,” he said
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