How To Reduce The Body Fat Of Your Children And Make Them Fit

Kids these days tend to live a sedentary lifestyle by playing video games or even watching television programs or films for hours.

Most even don't go outside and get a good exercise they need to kip fit. This kind of behaviour of today's kids leads them to be fat and obese.

The following writing will offer some clue or advice on how you can reduce your kid’s weight and make them fit again.

 

1.     Develop Weight Loss Plans For Kids 

Parents and guardian need to develop an effective daily weight loss plan for their kids as a first step for them to lose weight fast.

As a matter of fact, this is the first thing that should come to the mind of any parents that have obsessed child or children in other to keep them healthy. Every other step including meal preparations, workout etc., depends on this plan.

Weight loss plans for kids incorporate all the weight loss tools, long-term lifestyle strategies ranging from diet to exercises which are observed in order that a child loses body fats and become fit.

 

2.    Say 'No' Sugary Things

Another tip is that you can find a way to keep away sweets and candies within their reach, mainly by maintaining a sweets-free household.

As you may have known, sweets contain fat and sugar contents and when consumed in excess will result in weight gain.

Parents are most times tempted to provide their kids with snacks such as chocolate, juices, sugary drinks, sweets, cakes and whole lots of them to avoid underweight. But you should note that high-calorie foods are unhealthy.

Always maintain a balanced diet for the children to gain healthy weight instead of supplying them with sugary things which are quite unhealthy.

 

3.    Prepare Healthy Meals For Them

Cooking foods that are healthy is another way you can reduce their weight, keeping the kids away from takeaways like Pizza, doughnuts, burgers and other foods you can easily buy from fast food shops can help a lot.

Children under the age of 6 to 12 years are still growing and therefore they need nutrients from a varied and balanced diet as well as healthy calories for energy.

To help them eat healthily and maintain a good weight, always prepare healthy food which the whole family will enjoy and incorporate with kid-friendly recipes especially for dinner.

For instance when you prepare spaghetti for dinner and incorporate with their favourites like cheese, chicken finger and pizza; the kids will still get to enjoy what they consider their favourites.

 

4.    Add Vegetables to Their Diet 

Try adding fresh green vegetables and avoid fatty meats and a lot of carbohydrates in their food menu. Instead of them taking soft drinks or soda, give them water or fruit juice.

Vegetables are rich in fibre, vitamins and minerals; all which aid in the better digestion of food in the system. Instead of fast food or sugary snacks in the morning, add green vegetables to their breakfast smoothies.

Apart from weight loss plan, there are many other reasons you should always add vegetables to your child's meal such are; vegetables help to strengthen their immune system, ensure healthy growth and prevent constipation.

 

5.    Limit their Eating Habit 

Another most important factor is to limit their eating habit, by reducing their trip to the kitchen or the refrigerator.

But remember, that a sudden change in eating habit may be too tough for them at the beginning, but they will adjust after some time if you stick with it. Don't give in, but consider the long-term benefit of keeping them healthy and fit.

In addition to the one mentioned above, make sure that your child doesn’t eat late dinner. Dinner should be taken between 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm, at least two hours before sleep.

 

6.    Reduce the Habit of Video Games 

You should also limit their chance of playing games, mainly computer games by keeping the devices away from their reach or at the worst, limit the time they should play that in a day or even in a weekly basis.

Overall children's health is widely affected by computer games, video games and related others in several ways. Therefore limit your child the habit of playing games on PCs, iPads, tablet-phones and others.

It is better that they play outside to keep fit and become active than to stay in the bedroom on hand-eye games which influences body weight and general fitness.

Effects of computer games and others mentioned above-becomes a weight gain avenue for children due to lack of physical activities.

 

7.    Send them on Errands

Little things like sending them on simple errands, or even cleaning the house or washing the cars can keep them moving and fit.

Giving the kids little tasks to perform at home after school is far better than keeping them in the room to watch TV games or play computer games.  It is also another way by which a child learns.

For the fact that they are still kids, parents should try as much to make the errands more fun so that the kids can develop interests in that and stay healthy always.

 

8.    Physical Exercises 

You can increase their physical activities by enrolling them in outdoor games or even athletic programs in your neighbourhood clubs or playground. Daily exercise programs will certainly be good for them.

Even when they are in school, encourage their teachers to enrol them in one sports activity or another.

Every child needs to run around and play for at least 60 minutes on daily basis for healthy growth, fitness, strong bones and overall development.

When you are exposing a child to physical exercises, you are doing well to the kid's health more than buying processed sweeteners from the shopping mall and fast foods.

 

9.    Stop Grocery Store Foods

When your child is trying to lose weight, try as much as you can to avoid high calories foods like the ones from grocery stores.

Do not allow the label of processed foods to deceive you. You might see on most of them written 'whole grain', 'multi-grain' etc., which is not true.

Avoid diet sodas, sugary snacks, artificially flavoured cookies, ice cream, candy and others. All these foods seriously cause overweight on kids which can possibly lead to obesity.

 

10.   Reward Your Kids for Losing Weight

Try to give your child a reward every now and then when he/she carries out a weight loss program in order to encourage him or her.

Not taking the kid to a fast food to buy chocolates or cheese but you can simply buy a gift of a toy or any item that is mostly liked by the kid. He will find it fun and happily put effort to do more.

A lot of parents may find it very difficult to control their kid’s weight and stop them from getting fat considering the availability of goods and services today that appeals to children.

 

Summary

For them to actually get off fat and stay fit, you must stick with the approach or advice we mentioned in this article. Parents are advised also to work with paediatrician while trying to make a child lose weight to ensure that they slim down in a safe way because children have their own set of nutritional needs.