The risk of childhood obesity is higher among blacks and latino children

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Dr. Elsie Taveras, an assistant professor of population medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston, studied 1,343 white, 355 black and 128 Hispanic mother-child pairs through pregnancy and until the children were four years of age. They concluded that black and Hispanic children were at higher risk to be obese.

The following were conditions that predisposed the children to obesity even some before they are born.

Having a mother with depression.

Beginning solid foods before four months

Insufficient sleep.

TV in the bedroom

Higher intake of fast food when children turn two.

The following are ways to prevent and reduce childhood obesity.

Breastfeeding for a very long time.

Healthy eating and sleeping habits

No TV in the bedroom, reduce TV time at all costs.

More physical and mental activities to be encouraged.

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