Question
A mother asks, her daughter is just five years old and seems to be getting fatter. She eats without self-control and doesn’t like to exercise. She wants to know how to effectively control the weight of a five-year-old child who is overweight and dislikes vegetables?
Answer
For children with obesity, parents should control their diet and increase their physical activity. Encourage them to engage in age-appropriate sports such as swimming and jogging. In terms of diet, it is recommended to eat more vegetables like carrots and spinach that help with weight loss, and avoid high-calorie, high-fat foods such as fried chicken and cakes. Additionally, it is also important to help the child correct bad habits such as not being active after meals or being picky. If the symptoms of obesity in the child are severe, parents should take their child to a regular hospital for professional treatment and avoid blindly trying unknown drugs or methods.