Hyderabad: Being a sofa potato is never good.
It becomes very problematic if you start early.
That seems to happen when a recent multi-city survey revealed that lifestyles settled towards obesity among children, with almost 65% suffering from BMI problems (body mass index).
The drug for children of this digital age is bitter.
There is no screen time for them under three years and only a limited screen dose for those with three years is what experts recommend.
Jack, surely, have to play, but not digitally.
“About 8% of girls and 9% of boys are found to have high BP.
And an average of 65% of children have problems related to BMI,” said this study by Hyderabadbased Healthcare start-up ‘Healpha’.
This survey filtered 64,615 children from 3-18 years in Telangana, AP, TN, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
While the study took into account time before Covid, the doctor said obesity and a problem related to barbed since the pandemic.
“There is an increase in obesity cases in the last 18 months in children as young as 2-3 years, especially because of an unhealthy eating and lack of physical activity.
It also increases diabetes among children aged 3-15.
Hypertension is seen in children Most are secondary, related to kidney problems, heart or hormones, “said Dr.
Dinesh Kumar Chirla, director of intensive care services at Rainbow Children Hospital.
“Obesity is the main reason.
Some of the 10-15 years have BP 170.
In most cases, parents do not want drugs at the age of so young.
Obesity is a vicious circle.
The child often becomes alone, depressed and becomes more connected to Junk Food, “said Dr.
Manabendra Ghosh, a general practitioner from Tolichowki.
The founder of Healpha Raj Janapatdydy said, “Our test shows that only 0.0018% of children in perfect health.
This is worrying.
This is an examination of reality for parents, teachers and government about the status of the future of India – our children.”