Recently, a study on the surge in the number of obese children in rural areas in China, attracted a lot of media attention. It was suggested that this indicates that childhood obesity is not the city's patents to guard against spread of childhood obesity in the country. In fact, childhood obesity is already very serious in rural areas, and now the time has come to take concrete measures.
How serious is the situation of China's rural childhood obesity? Published in the European Journal of preventive cardiology at the study, answers are given from the side. Studies have shown that in 2014, children living in rural areas in Shandong province, 17.2% boys and 9.11% girls are obese in 1985 and both sexes of obese people are less than 1%. This means that 30 years ago, 100 boys in less than one is obese, and now one in 6 boys. European society of Cardiology experts about Mr Percy g exclaimed: "this is I have seen children and adolescents in the most rapid growth. "The childhood obesity problem in rural areas, not only the horizon today. Every 5 years the national student health survey, is the most authoritative data reflecting the China children and teenagers ' health. The data show that in 2005, the rural childhood obesity growth rates over the city. In 2010, the Institute of child and adolescent health, Peking University found that large and medium cities, wealthy country is an important prevalence of overweight and obesity, "childhood obesity is mainly popular in the cities in China" conclusions were outdated.
In fact, in a number of investigations and studies, obesity rates in some rural areas than urban. In 2015, the criterion of Peking University's China Centre for social science research using the World Health Organization (and the general use of standard), sample surveys of China's 25 provinces and more than 16,000 families shows that Chinese children in villages, towns and cities of mild obesity and above respectively, and 24.62% and 13.58%, percentage of obesity in children in the countryside than in towns and cities.
This subversive new poll is not alone. As early as 2010, Hangzhou has also published rate of obesity, including rural boys and 9.26% girls for 6.82%, were significantly higher than that of boys of the city (4.72%) and girls (2.34%). There is no denying that, at present, there are quite a few poor areas, especially in rural areas, poor nutritional status of children, but it can be foreseen that, as the level of economic development and social security increases, obesity may be the future of rural child health problem.
What makes rural children getting fatter?
The study, a lot of people point the finger at Western fast food, which is "the negative effects of a Western-style diet rich in sugars and carbohydrates gradually in China." Western-style fast food is indeed becoming more and more popular, but the Board is on the Western-style fast food is not suitable.
First of all, children living in rural areas are most
often eat Chinese food. Shandong rural children obesity, one of the authors, centers for disease control and prevention in Shandong province Zhang Yingxiu said, the traditional Chinese diet is high in fat, calories and fiber structure. Even if they do not eat at McDonald's and other "fast food" and only eat Chinese food that has changed, and may also lead to obesity in children and adults.
Take a step back and said, diets do not change, Chinese traditional modes (fried, fried, roasted, baked, fried), but also easy to excess nutrients. Traditional Chinese cuisine "big oil", massive, uncontrolled use of cooking oil. The China national nutrition and health survey report shows that average urban residents up to 85.5 grams of fat a day, more than half of them (44 g) through the intake of cooking oil, Chinese cuisine in addition to "heavy oil" or salt to spices, while the high fat, high salt is the main feature of junk food. Many people feel that Chinese vegetables, healthy vegetables and low in calories, with the oil and the excessive use of salt, eventually is likely more than fried food in General. Secondly, many studies also show that Chinese parents generally tend to have lighter weight for children. And economic constraints, does not like the diet of children in rural towns or urban children balance, parent for the child's diet is more on quantity rather than quality. Light weight, lack of fear on the one hand child nutrition, easy lead to overeating in children in rural areas and lead to obesity.
Once again, nearly 100 million left-behind children in rural China, these children often had to rely on grandparents to be raised, it could also lead to childhood obesity in rural areas increased by. United Kingdom Birmingham University study found, "the boy who" are important factors of overweight in children. Taken care of by their parents or other adults than children, mainly by grandparents to look after children, more than twice times more likely to be overweight or obese. By two or more grandparents to look after children, a higher risk of being overweight.
This is because Chinese grandparents would incorrectly think that obesity-related disease only occurs in adults. Ancestors mostly experienced famine, and always feel that children eat better, resulting in excessive feeding. In addition, higher status in the ancestral home, think of themselves as "ordinary, child-rearing with more experience", is also likely to stick to his guns.
In short, rural childhood obesity is caused by many reasons, it's hard to say which one is the most important reason, blame Western fast food, nor can we solve the problem of children obesity in rural areas surged. Changing the status of obese children in rural areas surged, inseparable from the system of public health policy
Research shows that school-age children into adult obesity risk 3.9-5.6 times times more than non-obese children, childhood obesity will increase the probability of suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heavy financial burden on society. According to the United States the journal Health Affairs (Health Affairs) estimates that in 2008, economic costs due to obesity have been 4% to 8% per cent of China's gross domestic product.
Although no country has successfully solved the problem of childhood obesity, but this did not hamper the pace of States to enact public policies. Many scholars believe that without these policies, childhood obesity will be even worse than it is now, "it's like no brakes on the train, whatever it means to slow down is good. ”
And on this issue in the fight against childhood obesity, some countries have seen the light, in 2014, United States officials said that over the past decade, United States 2-5 obesity rate among children dropped by 43%. And it is China to curb childhood obesity in many countries.
United States low income families and parents in rural China and some similar idea and behavior: fear of babies not full, feed rice, cereal or other solid foods too early, using food to meet the needs of children, but it does not concern the child's weight, resulting in United States obesity on children from low-income families than children from high-income families. United States Government departments to those parents ' nutrition knowledge, community organizations will participate, such as the school to hire a dietitian would provide advice to the parents. Parents said such help is effective, their understanding of obesity has increased in recent years, so the family's eating habits, as well as the health problems associated with being overweight can pay more attention to.
For China's rural areas, although the organization with the United States are quite different, but can also be carried out in the light. For example, the Government and social organizations contributing to rural parents concentrated nutrition classes and so on, and here among other things to pay attention to the education of the child's mother.
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