Child Malnutrition And Obesity In Mexico

Child malnutrition and obesity in Mexico

Introduction

The issue of current food in the Mexican infant, factors for its imbalance and some diseases that this problem entails will be addressed.

Goal

– Reliege the population of the problems that can bring bad food to a long -term child.

Developing

Malnutrition is a problem that affects children and adolescents in Mexico in different ways. On the one hand, malnutrition during childhood has negative impacts on the rest of life, such as low sizes and insufficient development of the immune system. On the other hand, overweight and obesity favor the appearance of diseases such as diabetes, circulatory problems, heart or kidneys, serious repercussions that affect quality and life expectancy.

From birth, it is important to feed children in a correct way, as it is essential for good growth and development, promoting eating habits to prevent long -term diseases such as diabetes.

In the region and in the world, child malnutrition has a series of negative consequences such as a higher mortality rate, under performance during the learning stage of cognitive, social and emotional skills, under school performance and limited labor productivity in ageadult. This process collaborates with the intergenerational transmission of poverty and inequality in scarce families.

These aspects probably cause the child to be irresponsible at school or even leave it, in the long run it could be a disorganized adult without initiative and without the ability to maintain a fixed job.

Health problems in children

Obesity is a disease of multifactorial etiology of chronic course, in which genetic, environmental and lifestyle aspects are involved. It is characterized by a positive energy balance which occurs when calorie ingestion exceeds energy expenditure, causing an increase in body fat deposits and weight gain.

In Mexico, the combined prevalence of overweight and obesity are a consequence of industrialization, urbanization, globalization and technological changes in food production and processing, in transport, in recreational activities and communications.

Some risk factors for which the child could have poor diet are the following:

1.  Physical inactivity.
2.  High -density food consumption.
3.  Sugary drinks consumption.
4.  Fast food consumption.
5.  Time in front of television and other screens

The objective of any intervention must focus on the change in behavior towards the consumption of healthy eating and the increase in physical activity and not exclusively in the reduction of weight. It is more convenient for the child who adapts to this parameter since he could enjoy a better way his life.

conclusion

There is no better way than adapting to children, from birth, to a good diet since it could be beneficial for them. Parents must be constant awareness, since poor diet (which includes obesity) is one of the first health problems in Mexico, placing us in the first places worldwide with childhood obesity.