2010/11/26

Starting from pregnancy to prevent obesity in children

If some of the key stages of the mother during pregnancy did not control diet, obesity can cause the baby in the future. Therefore, the prevention of obesity in children should begin during pregnancy.

Adhere to the three health habits

1. Keep the weight moderate

Throughout the pregnancy, the pregnant mothers gained an average of 12.5 kg. If the pregnancy weight, easy to make the fetus in utero growth retardation or low birth weight; If you increase too fast, easily lead to undesirable consequences such as fetal great.

2. Maintain a healthy diet

* Do not think that pregnant have to eat, otherwise it may affect fetal development. This not only easy to eat too fat themselves, but also easy to make your baby too big, affecting the future delivery. To eat more rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and folic acid in vegetables and fruits, can satisfy the sense of satiety, helps the body calcium, iron, cellulose absorption, but also to avoid excessive intake of calories.

* To develop the habit of eating regular meals quantitative, replace dessert fruit, brush your teeth immediately after eating, brush your teeth no longer eat at least 3 hours before going to bed is no longer eat, then it is easy fat accumulation in vivo, but can drink water.

* Diet eat salad, fat, fried foods; cooking less sugar, less starch, less plus wine; less use of sweet and sour, vinegar leavened, fried, fried cooking; as boiling, steaming, stewing , salad, stewed, roasted, boiled, braised, stewed, not to refuel, you can add soy sauce.

* When cooking more than the onions, garlic, ginger, allspice, peppercorns, star anise to add flavor.

* Record their daily consumption of the type and quantity, not overeating or excessive intake of calories of food.

3. To maintain moderate exercise

Pregnancy is a normal physiological phenomenon, and not a disease, there is no need not to work. In the appropriate doctors work under the guidance and movement, so that pregnant mothers can prevent obesity is also beneficial to fetal health.

3 are options

1-3 months of pregnancy

* Early stages of pregnancy, most pregnant mothers in the 2-3 kg weight gain. As half of the pregnant mother may have "morning sickness" performance seriously, can not eat, or even need to go to hospital for treatment, some pregnant mothers weight loss occurs. At this point, we should pay attention to changes in diet, Eat small meals a day suitable, such as eating 4-5 times.

* In the absence of evidence of the premise of abortion, you can do some sweeping, clean up the desktop, a simple household chores, and walking and other sports.

4-7 months of pregnancy

* Get up every morning or evening before going to bed a fixed time, measure and record their weight.

* "Morning sickness" symptoms, the pregnant mother should avoid eating too much after appetites. Meals should time, and quantity, try to control after 9 pm to avoid a lot of eating.

* Keep walking, swimming, gymnastics and other sports health of pregnant women, pregnant mothers can also help consume excess body heat and avoid obesity.

8-10 months of pregnancy

* Get up every morning or evening before going to bed a fixed time, measure and record their weight. Standard weight of the pregnant mother before pregnancy to be 5 kg weight gain; pre-pregnancy weight pregnant mother needs a low 6.5 kg weight gain, and high pre-pregnancy weight pregnant mothers only 3 kg weight gain, to avoid weight gain more than 500 grams per week.

* Avoid impetuous mood began to eat little of the irregular eating habits, diet should be laws, and should be concise.

* To ensure that caloric intake before labor, such as eating chocolate, fruit, bread, etc., because the natural childbirth is a strong physical labor, but do not eat too much.

* Although the body more and more cumbersome, but should still adhere to the exercise, and energetic, with walking and other light-based physical activity.

Knowledge of small link

* Baby likely to be obese in the three important period

The current study shows that the growth of human life, the accumulation of fat cells is a critical period of prenatal 3 months, 1 year old and 11-14 year-old three stages. To avoid baby body fat, it is necessary to avoid excess energy in the three phases, the formation of excessive amount of fat cells.

* Low body weight should not be pregnant mother

Overweight pregnant mothers in correct, we should also pay attention to weight gain during pregnancy is not too low. Because underweight pregnant mothers, prone to "low birth weight children," or babies suffering from "poor nutrition for children," the possibility of increasing, so the baby can also cause adult obesity, cardiovascular disease and other chronic diseases.