obesigenic families and obesity family prevention

The term obesigenic family    drawn from a science fiction movie, but in reality there can be and we had never stopped to think about it. A obesigenic family is one that promotes obesity of its members. From the following premise, the family-meets various functions-2 of them are:

 

1) Transmission of values and transmitting them together with customs and habits and 2) The food.

 

Based on the foregoing family is located as a risk factor for obesity or as a protective factor. Explains otherwise, nutrition and dietary habits are promoted by the family, these can be transmitted directly or unconscious way, as part of the learning process is by imitation of anything that is committed to our children vegetables ourselves if we do not, these dual signals do not work.

 

Developed inviting him to the next question, Are we a family obesigenic a? Or even more personal level I am a father or obesigenic mother ? The answer will be the more clear when reading the following characteristics typical of the family or obesigenic person .

 

One or both parents are obese or overweight. Surely this is not the result of an appropriate lifestyle and healthy eating habits… quite the opposite.
Parents with poor eating habits or inadequate for example eating filled up, eat all the time, food rich in highly processed carbohydrates, etc..
Parents with low levels of physical activity, that is only carried out what merely indispensable.
Parents who spend too much time in front of the television, or promoting this kind of time for family life, perhaps the relationship is not obvious but think that in the subconscious of the child is generating this partnership-pleasure television.
Parents who turn schedules the only food in times of family life, as described above and this will be the moment when we send our eating patterns directly or indirectly.
Parents who return foods or sweets a prize.
Parents who accept obesity or overweight in our children, and what we justify under the premise of inheritance “as is his father or mother” is normal then.
 

As parents we are a model for our children and we can become a major risk factor for the development of overweight, obesity, chronic degenerative diseases and all the complications. Is that what we want for our children?

 

It is time to reflect and be aware, our health and that of our children. Let us remember that obesity is a disease.

 

Thanks and I hope to take into account the above.

July 28 2008 08:39 am | Uncategorized

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