Currently, an estimated 300 million people worldwide who suffer from obesity. This amount is equivalent to the starving population. In the United States, according to 2003 data, children who are obese has reached 15 percent of the population. Meanwhile, in the country, according to Riskesdas 2010 there were 14 percent of children aged 0-5 years who are overweight.
"Both obesity and overweight is not a problem of aesthetics or appearance. However, this is a disease. Although no national data, but obesity has become a pandemic in Indonesia," said Dr. Aman Bhakti Pulingan, SpA, endocrinologists children from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia.
He explains, obesity is now categorized as a disease by experts from around the world. "Obesity is also a problem of economics as it relates to the state health costs," he said in a press conference Observe Excess Sugar Intake on Milk Children.
Parents of children with obesity are advised to begin taking steps to lose weight children to be children avoid the risk of disease.
"Return the child on a healthy lifestyle. Calorie intake should be no more than 1,600 per day, multiply the physical activity, and examine the components of food," he added.
Research shows that 1 in 6 overweight adolescents suffer from pre-diabetes, a condition when impaired glucose tolerance. "If the interference with the right diet for 20 months, then the child can avoid diabetes. Remember! Once diabetes, diabetic children will be lifelong," he said.
He also recommends that parents of children who are overweight or suffer from diabetes should check blood sugar. "Children aged 10 years are advised to conduct check-ups. But if you have risk factors, should not delay the inspection until two teenagers," he said.
