1. Presented By Chimera Dan Innocent Childhood Obesity
A Problem That Deserves Recognition

2. Do you know that?
According to a 2010 World Health Organization(W.H.O.) estimate, 81% of the 43million children that were obese reside in developing countries
In 2012, 40million children younger than 5 years were overweight globally.
It is estimated that by 2020, the global prevalence of paediatric obesity would reach 60million.

3. What is Childhood Obesity?
Firstly, obesity is referred to as a high body weight in relation to height to a degree where it impairs physical and psychological health.
This is determined via calculation of the Body Mass Index(BMI) = Your weight (in kilograms) over your height squared (in Metres). The result is in kilograms by meters squared, or KG/M2.
Childhood Obesity kicks in when a child’s weight in relation to height is excessively beyond the 95th percentile

4. BMI Range for Children
This measures the height and weight, assessing a child's physical growth in relation to other kids of the same age and gender.
Under weight
Normal weight
Over weight
Obese
<5th percentile
5th – 85th percentile
85th – 94th percentile
>95th percentile

5. Growth Chart for Children

6. A Chubby Baby is not necessarily a healthy one!

7. What are obese Children at risk of?
High Cholesterol & High Blood Pressure
Asthma and Diabetes
Sleep Disorders
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease(NAFLD)
Low Self-esteem and being bullied
Behaviour and Learning Problems
Depression

8. What is making our Children fat?
The most common causes of obesity in children are as follows:
Genetic Factors
Environmental Factors
Lack of Physical Activities
Socioeconomic Factors
Psychological Factors
Diet: high fat diet
junk food

9. Not all cry in the night is a cry for food!

10. Solutions to this problem…
Learn to understand the cry of your baby
Avoid coercive feeding practices
Learning to like new food takes time, repeatedly offer new food over a period of 5 – 10 days
Avoid Over nutrition
Do not pressure children to finish food
Restrict access to sweets & junk food

11. Continued Avoid using sweet food as reward
Parents should serve as positive role models during infant transition to table food
Do not restrict physical activity for a long period. Avoid keeping your children glued to the Television or Computer games
As parents, learn to Interact with other care givers

12. Finally
Studies have shown that 70-80% obese children and adolescents become obese adult. To preserve our children’s lives and to save the adults of the future!