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please submit to us and we make it public here. [ send your article ] Weight loss articlesChildhood obesity may be caused by family routineEach of these childhood behaviors have been associated to a lower risk of obesity in kids, but researchers at Ohio State University developed a study aiming to evaluate whether their effect might be cumulative. In other words they want to know whether families who adopted not just one but two or more of these behaviors could reduce their children's risk of obesity even further. Analyzing data on 8,550 4-year-olds in a national study, researchers found that indeed children who enjoyed two healthy lifestyle behaviors were slimmer than those who adopted only one behavior, while youngsters who implemented three beneficial habits were the least likely to be overweight. According to study leader, the more of these routines the children had, the lower was their risk of obesity. Much more, research team concludes that if children had all three routines, their risk of obesity was 40% lower than children who had none of the routines. The three childhood behaviors that researchers evaluated were eating dinner regularly with the family, limiting the amount of time in front of the TV, and getting enough sleep. Their findings show that the children who were least likely to be obese ate dinner with their families six or seven times a week, slept for at least 10.5 hours each night and watched less than two hours of television per day. please submit to us and we make it public here. [ send your article ] NOTE: Issues on this site regarding men's health and their concerns, are provided for information only, and are not meant to substitute for the advice of your own physician or other medical professional. Weightloss-Report.org does not endorse any specific product, service or treatment. |
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