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The latest research work on the University of Essex, England to find the facts; in the last decade, the children in the Essex region increased significantly body weight by 95 percent. Researchers from the university concluded that the factors of low physical activity into the problem.

Lifestyle and lack of physical activity in modern times as more and more has been blamed for more and more children in the Western world, overweight or obese. Some research concluded that ever done it.

In 1998 then, researchers conducted tests on 303 children from six different schools to do the sprint as far as 20 meters. The study was repeated again in 2008, which followed a 10-year-old child. Result, the researchers found surprising conclusions.

Researchers found significant differences, and worrying. Research Team Leader Gavin Sandercock said, the measure of obesity alone is not enough to see the health of children in the future. It requires a monitoring program of physical activity of children.

“We see the present generation is the generation that spent time in front of the television, whether it be computer or TV. Schools should try harder, but the lack of structured activity is a problem, “he said as reported by the Telegraph.

Meanwhile, President of the Faculty of Health University of Essex, Professor Alan Maryon Davis, said the company should pay attention to the physical activity of children, given the focus on treatment of obesity is more linked to chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.

The British Government itself has made various efforts to address the issue of obesity in children, including the campaign “Kick-Started a Lifestyle” is so intensified since earlier this year. Unfortunately, the campaign has not likewise found positive results.

Known, more than nine million children in the age of six years and over are obese. That’s according to a report from Dennis Bier Pediatric Academic Society (PAS). Since 1970, obesity often increases among children, until now the numbers continue to soar doubled in children aged 2-5 years and 12-19 years of age, even tripled in children aged 6-11 years.

Meanwhile, obesity in children has become a serious problem in Indonesia. From research conducted in fourteen major cities in Indonesia, the incidence of obesity in children classified as relatively high, between 10-20 percent with the increasing value until now.

The definition of obesity, according to the Indonesian Pediatric Association (IDAI), is a state of body mass index (BMI) a child who is above the 95th percentile on growth charts developed children according to gender.

Until now, the cause of high rates of obesity in children, especially in Indonesia, is still confusing. Many people are expecting a strong result of the influence of unhealthy snacks with high calorie content, so that children tend to prefer to snack rather than eat at home.

Pediatric research from the University of Indonesia Faculty of Medicine, Dr. RSUPN Cipto Mangunkusumo Damayanti R Sharif SpA (K) shows that obesity often occurs in the older groups like snack. Unfortunately, the scientific explanation of this is still confusing.

Until now doctors have to be satisfied with the predicate “multikausal” as the cause of obesity, it is very multidimensional. Not only occur in socio-economic groups is high, often socio-economic in the medium to lower middle income.

In addition, the scientists also agree that obesity in children tends to occur due to environmental factors than genetic factors. Epidemisnya reason is since the 1970s until the 2000s was a time that is too short to change the genetic structure to cause changes in current patterns of obesity prevalence. Obesity due to familial hyperlipidemia did not lead to a very high rate like this.

What about social factors? Knowledgeable of the medical community that obesity in children has become a serious problem in Indonesia and in the world. Since obesity occurs because imbalans energy, the approach taken is to balance the diet with play or exercise habits.

Thus the complexity of this aim to be achieved, changes made to socially and large-scale. Medical literature that there was no one with the right to include the best way to make changes in this field. In other words, still needs further study in Indonesia about how to prevent obesity early on.

Closing the fast-food restaurants or snack builders discipline in primary schools is not necessarily as easy as turning the palm of the hand. Habits of good must be inculcated in children from an early age. The parents should be disciplined and “heart” to educate school children to walk or ride a bike, rather than be taken to fetch.

Not good for children to comply often eat at fast food restaurants, cultural eating fruits and vegetables should be socialized early, fairy tales before bed is good back story cultivated with Popeye and spinach, or the story of how the process of an egg can be fried chicken with super – thick fat and crispy skin of a typical fast-food restaurant.

No less important is the role of schools to add sports schedules and provide a better medium for children to “play” and exercise. The school also is a key to discipline dozens of merchants who serve foods are not healthy.

It is true that “snack” more accurately classified as a habit, though it was obstructed after all, the kids will still find builders pocket everywhere. Thus, avoiding the campaign must be very regular snack heralded. The scientists actually suggesting the schools to provide 30 minutes of free time per day to perform cardiovascular activities.