Parents themselves "podsazhivayut" children for sweets
Last reviewed: 17.10.2021
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All children are very fond of sweet, not exception, and adults, who even at a respectable age can not live without cookies, sweets and chocolate.
Nutritionists say that in most cases, when the child "podsazhivaetsya" on chocolate and sweets parents themselves are to blame.
58% of mothers believe that at the age of three their child is very fond of sweet and can not live without it.
This study has generated a real debate about who is to blame for childhood obesity, which is currently a global problem in developed countries.
In the UK, there are more than two million overweight children, with 700,000 of them obese.
Since 2002, scientists have been conducting research, whose members are mothers of children between the ages of twelve months to five years.
Specialists found that 26% of mothers gave a child to try chocolate in a year, and more than half of them - at the age of nine months. It was also found out that 61% of mothers give children sweets every day.
"Parents too early in the diet introduce chocolate and a variety of sweets, and this further threatens an increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and osteoarthritis. It becomes clear that the prevention of obesity in children is necessary already from an early age, - says nutritionist Yvonne Bishop-Weston. "No one says that you need to prevent any way to consume sweet foods by any means, but sweets such as chocolate contain a lot of sugar, so it's important that the child does not have the habit of constantly eating candies and chocolate bars."
According to experts, the main reason for the problem is that parents often "feed" children sweets to bribe them, for example, to stop the flow of tears, ask for something to do, or in this way reward the child for academic success.
It was found that 56% of parents believe that when the child grows up, his passion for sweets will disappear and thus the problem will fall off by itself. But at the same time one of the five parents is concerned that their baby is too plump.
"The nutritional nature of children in food is a fairly common problem, most likely this is due to the fact that children want to assert themselves, and this happens by abandoning the food that the mother puts before him," says child psychologist Richard Wolfson. - Many mothers are afraid that the child does not remain completely hungry, and because often full-fledged lunch kid replaces cookies and chocolate. In this case, the main thing is to behave calmly and not react to such displays of finicky too sharply. "
Dr. Wolfson says that if you succumb to a child's provocation, then he quickly realizes that such behavior is the way to manipulation by parents.
"It's not surprising that many parents are worried about their children, because the world of childhood is becoming more complex. However, it is important that they are aware of the possible problems of their children, which they may encounter. In this way, parents will know how to solve them and help their child. "