With the first national childhood obesity awareness month now underway in the United States scientists of the childhood of obesity say further problem widespread as previously thought. Researchers found that parents their children weight underreport tend to; Estimates of obesity and body mass index (BMI) from parent delivered data can one fifth of overweight children or missed 21 percent. The study – meeting of the American College of sports medicine - presented recently at the 57th annual that measured height and weight of serial helicopters children centered on in an orthopedic clinic. Researchers said the parents tended "boys height to overestimate and underestimate girls height." "Almost half of the parents underestimating your child's weight and errors in reporting weight tend to be greater for girls and increase with age."
Over the past four decades at the age of obesity rates in all age groups increased by more than four times increase among children have six to 11. More than 23 million children and young people (31.8 percent) between the ages of two and 19 are overweight or obese.In response, a number of organizations have joined together, the National Council on childhood obesity awareness month, education of parents, policy makers and others about the problem and the promotion of preventive measures on obesity to organisieren.Eine new site contains a toolkit with fact sheets, sample letters to the editor, script for public service announcements and other resources.
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