
Study to Assess lifestyle Practices of Overweight and Normal Weight Children in Selected School of District Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
Author(s) -
Bhuvanesh Shukla,
Amandeep Kaur
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
iars international research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2202-2821
pISSN - 1839-6518
DOI - 10.51611/iars.irj.v3i1.2013.27
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , environmental health , medicine , childhood obesity , screen time , snack food , sedentary lifestyle , gerontology , food science , chemistry
Lifestyle is considered to be an important determinant of health and sickness. It has also a great role in growth and development of children. Some of the health problems are rooted in childhood habits and lifestyle. A number of factors contribute to becoming overweight. Genetics, lifestyle habits, or a combination of both may be involved. Genes help to determine body type and how body stores and burns fat. Studies have shown that a child's risk of obesity greatly increases if one or more parent is overweight or obese. Daily schedules are so jam-packed that there's little time to prepare healthier meals or to squeeze in some exercise. Children’ s dietary habits have been shifted away from healthy foods to much greater reliance on fast food, processed snack foods and sugary drinks. Now more than ever life is sedentary; children spend more time playing with electronic devices, from computers to handheld video game systems, than actively playing outside. Television is a major culprit. Children who watch more than 4 hours a day are more likely to be overweight compared with children who watch 2 hours or less.