Childhood Obesity
Childhood overweight and obesity is one of the most serious health issues facing families today. Helping your clients and patients create home environments that encourage healthy eating and daily physical activity is the first line of defense in improving the health and wellbeing of children and entire families. Stevia In The Raw is a great addition to a home pantry, as the zero-calorie, all-natural sweetener is a family-friendly alternative to high-calorie sugar in homemade drinks and favorite recipes.
What Families Can Do
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
The scientific community agrees that each one of the following can improve our children's health.
- Eat 5 fruits and vegetables per day
- Get 1 hour of physical activity a day (does not need to be consecutive)
- Limit screen time to less than 2 hours a day, including computer time and video games
- Limit consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
- Eat breakfast daily
- Switch to low-fat dairy products
- Regularly eat family meals together
- Limit fast food, take out, and eating out
- Prepare foods at home as a family
- Eat a diet rich in calcium
- Eat a high fiber diet
- Breastfeed exclusively until 6 months and maintain of breastfeeding after introduction of solid food until 12 months of age
