Question
My child is a 3-year-old boy. In recent weeks, I’ve noticed that he has been getting chubbier and his appetite has become very large. He doesn’t like to exercise either. How should we treat pediatric obesity effectively when the child doesn’t like to eat vegetables?
Answer
For children with obvious symptoms of obesity, parents should encourage them to engage in more physical activities such as swimming and climbing hills to help control obesity. At the same time, provide children with more healthy foods like apples, kiwis, and carrots, while also prohibiting them from consuming high-calorie foods such as cakes and chestnuts. Additionally, if the child has a habit of lying down after eating, parents should help correct this bad behavior. In the process of treating a child’s obesity, if the situation is severe, it is necessary to take the child to a professional hospital for consultation.