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| Avoid junk food | | | Kids and children being fond of junk foods is an acknowledged fact and no one can deny it. But the consequences of eating junk foods are many.
It’s unfortunate that instead of giving a good diet to children, most parents in contemporary times prefer to give them ready-made food which is easily available in the market.
As per medical science, the growth and development of the human body depends largely on the kind of food intake. It is a common finding that most modern diseases are related to food habits and lifestyle.
Childhood obesity has become a serious concern and it has widespread implications for society.
There are more empty calories and not enough physical activity to burn them off. As per some experts, there are various microbial species in the stomach that help the body cells to battle against obesity, diabetes, provocative gut conditions, coronary illness, and so on. Junk foods are said to impact them badly.
We need to ask ourselves why we have made our children dependent on junk food. Is it that we have become incapable and cannot provide our children with quality food? Or is it that we have started believing that providing junk food to the children is a status symbol and they will become healthier.
If timely measures are taken, it can save the young generation from future complications of health.
The onus of inculcating healthy eating habits starts at home. The parents should ensure steps to reduce the intake of unhealthy food along with increased physical activity, which is increasingly being neglected for various reasons and aggravated with closure of schools due to Covid-19 pandemic.
According to Indian Council of Medical Research’s India State Level Disease Burden Initiative study paper published in “Lancet Global Health”, there has been an increase in the number of people suffering with diabetes from 26.0 million in 1990 to 65.0 million in 2016 in India with an increase in the crude prevalence by 39•4% in adults aged 20 years or older with an increase in every state from 1990 to 2016, contributing about 3•1% of the total deaths, according to the government.
The most important risk factor for diabetes was overweight, with about 36•0% of the diabetes disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) could be attributed to. For every 100 overweight adults aged 20 years or older, there were 38 adults with diabetes, compared with the global average of 19 adults in 2016. The other risk factors for diabetes are low physical activity and increase in unhealthy diet (dietary risk). |
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