RSS Feed
December 24th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda FRIDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) — Parents of overweight Hispanic
children are willing to make food and lifestyle changes that will benefits
their kids’ health, a new study suggests.
The findings may help improve efforts to combat the childhood obesity
epidemic among Hispanic Americans, the largest and fastest-growing ethnic
group in the United States, said the researchers at University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
“Almost half of all Latino kids are either overweight or obese,” senior
study author Dr. Glenn Flores, a professor of pediatrics and clinical
sciences, said in a medical center news release. “It’s an important issue
in terms of our future generations. If we intervene early enough, we won’t
have obese adults.”
In the study, the researchers asked 19 Hispanic parents about their
children’s dietary and exercise habits and roadblocks to making healthier
choices.
“Themes regarding the most important things parents can do to help
overweight children lose weight included encouragement, not making the
child feel left out, the whole family eating healthy and the parent
setting a good example,” said Flores, who is also head of general
pediatrics at UT Southwestern and chief of general pediatrics at
Children’s Medical Center Dallas.
The parents and children also tasted Hispanic foods prepared with
healthy alternatives, such as tortillas made with vegetable oil instead of
lard, beans made without lard, healthy-grain enchiladas with low-fat
cheese, baked fish, skinless chicken breasts and brown rice.
The participants had favorable responses to all of the foods, with the
exception of brown rice instead of white rice.
In addition to healthier foods, the parents said other actions that
would help their children lose weight included cutting down on portion
sizes and second helpings, drinking more water, being more physically
active, making exercise a family activity, and limiting time in front of
the television or computer.
Barriers to increased physical activity include cost, time constraints
and neighborhood safety, according to the parents.
“Sometimes getting kids into organized sports in the inner city is very
difficult,” Flores said. “The kids usually want it, but it’s not always
easy to find.”
The study was released online in advance of publication in an upcoming
print issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic
Association.
More information
The Nemours Foundation has more about overweight and obesity in children.
Related posts:
Views: 0
Posted in 
Tags: 
