Eleven of every one hundred children under the age of 15 suffer from overweight in Navarra. In addition, eight out of every hundred suffer from obesity.
The data released yesterday Dr. Manuela Sanchez Echenique, Bureau of Primary Health Care Health Service Navarro, who called for a balanced diet, with the presence of fruits and vegetables. Sanchez spoke at a meeting with the media mounted from the Department of Health, Government foral, entitled A horizon optimistic on child health.
In Navarre living 90,171 children and young people, between O and 14 years. And, according to the doctor, 79% of these are in a situation "normal" by weight. According added, there are differences by gender from 4 or 5 years, as the children had higher rates of overweight (overweight is considered in cases which exceed the 85 percentile of the tables and pediatric obesity when it occurs over 95.
Trending upward
The tendency of this problem is escalating to the point that the youth of 13 years and suffer from diseases like diabetes by overweight, in the words of the specialist.
Faced with this situation, the objective is to promote the child receives the same message in the various fields and to modify the type of life "There is time to reverse the situation", encouraged Sanchez. "You have to detect the problem and, before reaching the overweight, use strategies to change habits," explained the doctor. In turn, called for promoting breastfeeding, as these children are less overweight. And speaking of the formula'5 -2-1-0 ': 5 servings a day of fruits and vegetables, two hours of television, one hour of exercise and O sugary drinks.
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