It is not that these two devices fatten children, it is our attitude that makes them fat in the moment that we do not prevent them from spending several hours playing PlayStation or watching TV. We just have to see that childhood obesity has skyrocketed, of course, that not only these devices are involved, but also food and that everything, but everything, is our attitude that promotes the proliferation of obesity.
Certainly we have spoken on several occasions about the danger of poor nutrition or sedentary lifestyle, but it is in our hands to avoid these evils, to blame the child saying that he does not want to eat this or that, to say that television is the cause of the little exercise that performs, are mere excuses, the fault is the parents, purely and simply.
Food and physical exercise are two priority factors that we must shape since our children are small, like a tree when it grows, it is easily moldable and if we see that it is twisting, we can straighten it, the longer it takes to mark the good path, the more expensive it will be . Healthy eating habits require our full attention. For many of the children who are obese or overweight, it would be enough to reduce by half the time they spend in front of the TV to recover, even a little, the right weight. There are specialists who indicate that even television or the PlayStation gain much more than food. We must have all possible weapons to avoid this evil that is afflicting many children.
It is important to restrain those hours of television or entertainment with console games, control food with a proper diet (it must be borne in mind that diet does not mean doing regime, diet implies what we eat regardless of whether regime is done or not , although over time this term has become synonymous with starvation), we must control that sedentary lifestyle does not take over the child, we are the ones who can change all these contraindications and ensure adequate development.
We make many mistakes without realizing as far as food is concerned, be it for lack of time, for comfort, for pleasing the child, etc., but contributing a little from us all this can change and so we can combat that evil that is It is alarmingly spreading throughout our country. Childhood obesity has exploded in Spain to acquire dramatic dyes, there is no doubt about that, all experts agree. The article we refer to below is interesting to read, in which they teach us about how parents should act in the face of some problems that cause childhood obesity.
