The children's Body Mass Index (BMI) is used to assess whether the child or adolescent is at the ideal weight, and can be done in consultations with the pediatrician or at home by the parents.
Child BMI is a relationship between the child's weight and height between 6 months and 18 years old, which indicates whether the current weight is above, below or within normal, helping to identify child malnutrition or obesity.
To calculate the BMI of children and adolescents, use the following calculator:
The result of the relationship between BMI and age indicates the percentile of the child or adolescent, which varies according to their stage of development. Whenever the result shows that the child or adolescent is underweight or overweight, the pediatrician or hebiatra, together with the nutritionist should be consulted to adjust the diet.
How to make your child or teenager lose weight
To combat excess weight in childhood and adolescence, the ideal is to adopt a low-calorie diet, indicated by a nutritionist, and enroll the child in some type of physical activity so that he / she uses up the accumulated fat, which can be so harmful to health.
See what to do in the following video:
How to get your child to the ideal weight
To make the child reach the ideal weight, he must have an active life, doing some kind of physical activity at least once a week. The child can swim judo, ballet or be enrolled in a soccer school, for example, as long as he likes and has fun during this period.
In addition, food is important to provide the nutrients it needs to grow healthy, but calories, sugars and fats must be reduced because they are harmful to health.
If your child doesn't want to eat, here's how to act:
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