Diabetes is increasing rapidly in children, how to prevent it?

People's lives have completely changed after Covid. Due to the lockdown, people were confined to their homes for a long time, which later led to their obesity. As people have become more conscious of their health, the risk of certain diseases has increased.

The cases of diabetes were already high in India, but now children are also becoming victims of this disease and the reason for this is increasing obesity in children, due to which the cases of diabetes in children have increased at the rate of 30 percent, which is . Very worrying.

Unhealthy eating habits of children are the biggest reason for their obesity. Nowadays children avoid home food and eat outside junk food with more enthusiasm. Due to which obesity is increasing rapidly among them.

Why is childhood obesity on the rise?

Doctors say that obesity is increasing rapidly in children due to wrong eating habits. Parents think that if their children are obese then they are healthy. That's why they keep feeding the children more. Nowadays children are losing their fitness due to lack of sports and this disease is increasing. Apart from this, there can be many other reasons also.

Nowadays most children are less physically active. Obesity is increasing rapidly due to less physical activities. Nowadays children play games on the phone and most of their time is spent on phone and TV or laptop.

A recent research has warned about increasing obesity in children. Due to which many types of problems arise. As children become obese at an early age, their metabolism slows down. Cholesterol is increasing in children at an early age, due to which the problem of fatty liver is also increasing in children. Apart from this, increasing obesity is also causing type-2 diabetes. Obesity is increasing the problem of insulin resistance in children.

symptoms

• frequent urination
• very thirsty
• Tiredness
• feeling more hungry
• blurred vision

What to do

• To control the weight of children, feed them nutritious homemade food.
• Keep children away from outside junk food and fried food.
• Encourage the child to exercise regularly. Being physically active can reduce the risk of diabetes.
• Protect the child from excessive consumption of sugar.
• If symptoms of diabetes appear in the child, contact the doctor immediately.