A recent study suggests that we forget about getting overweight children to engage in physical activity and instead focus on healthier eating.
Eating less, not forcing children to do more exercise is the key to combating the childhood obesity crisis, experts have said, as a study shows youngsters compensate by becoming more idle at other times.
A major review of research into childhood exercise programmes has found that enforcing extra activity on children does not affect how active they are overall, as they simply do less at other times of the day.
This means that extra exercise programmes will not reduce the childhood obesity crisis and policies should focus on what children eat instead, experts said.
There are no quick fixes to losing weight. Enrolling your children into an extra-curricular sporting activity may be a good start, but it is unlikely to be sufficient. Physical activity doesn’t just involve football practice, it also involves spending less time in front of a screen and more time in the fresh air. It encourage children to walk to the local shops or library instead of depending on a lift.
The key to any life changing decision is balance and common sense. A change of diet might be paramount to weight loss but other factors should not be ignored.
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