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Parents and caregivers are responsible
obesity among infants

Abstract
According to my research conducted from various references, parents are responsible for the
eating behaviours of infants
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The objectives of this assignment were to state the reasons and to
show how they relate to parents and caregivers as being responsible for obesity among infants
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Topic: obesity can be prevented among infants
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Introduction

Obesity is a rising cause for concern and it’s the number on disease
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(2010)
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(2004)
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“Obesity is defined by the World Health
Organization as a body mass index of thirty” (Moreno, Piggot &Ahrens 2011)
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Children learn from their parents what is acceptable and desirable
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“Parents and care givers decide what a child eats, drinks, what
sort of activity are open to them and what environment they live in
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Therefore I endorse that parents and caregiver are responsible for obesity among infants
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“Food that is rich in fat and sucrose is attractive, and thus easily promotes
overeating and obesity
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Therefore many cafeterias
or schools promote and sell this type of food due to the high demand and the resulting high
profits
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As a result many children are exposed to these foods on a
regular basis
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According to Dr Maritza Fernandes, paediatrician consultant at the Eric Williams Medical
Science Complex (EWMSC)
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Fernandes spoke about excess
body fat that negatively affects a child’s health
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“By the time you are overweight at five we would have loss half the battle
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Fernandes attributed too many calories and lack of physical exercise for the growing problem
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Fernandes also explained that some of the meals offered to pupils in the
School Feeding Programme needed to be looked at since she claimed they were not healthy and
well-proportioned
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Fast foods linked to childhood
obesity Hassanali, S
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Parents and guardians for the sake of convenience ignore potential problem of children
consuming foods that is high in fat
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Neither has the time or energy to prepare a meal from scratch
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Food companies use time- poor concepts to push convenience and fast foods
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(Stanton & Hill,
2004)
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(Dalton, 2004)

“Consuming too many high energy foods and drinks is a major factor
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” (Stanton &
Hill, 2004, p
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They do not force children to intake these foods
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In most cases children can only have access to funds to purchase these junky foods
through parents or care givers
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They do not consider the threat the pose to their children’s
health
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According to Stanton & Hill
(2004) As soon as children learn to toddle, they are keen to walk and then to run
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Parents also evade supervision and they put children to sit in
front of the television to make life easier for them because supervising them while playing takes
up time
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This is the way bad habits develop easily and early against the
natural inclination of our children towards movement
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Parents are afraid of the risk to let
children play outside and are concerned for their safety of harm and injury inflicted by
themselves or by others
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“Keeping children in a “safe” environment
where they spend much of their leisure time watching television and playing video games
increases the risk of becoming obese,”(Hancox and Poulton,2006)
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They prefer to remain in class or in their homes

rather than do any physical activities
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There are instances where parents and caregivers are either ignorant or happy the way they are
living and do not accept that they and their children are obese
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Parents often act defensive and denial when they first face the fact that
they need to address their child’s and perhaps their own excessive overweight,” (Dalton
,2004,p
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Family members typically use comparisons to siblings and other relatives to judge a
child’s body size
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Most parents want their child to fit into his or her peer group, (Dalton, 2004)
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Preschool children (infants) in particular are more likely to eat foods that
they observe adult role models eating” (Harper & Sanders, 1975)
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Misconceptions and underestimation of children’s weight by mothers have contributed to
obesity among infants
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“Recent data suggest that parental BMI is more influential in shaping
parental feeding practices,” (Haycraft & Blisset, 2008)
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“Many of these parents describe their children as being “thick” or “solid” and so
many parents do not consider weight as a problem facing kids,” Dalton (2004)
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This is where the main problem lies and causes many
children to continue to be affected by parent’s mindsets
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“Young children’s food preference and intake patterns appear to be largely shaped by

the foods parents choose to make available at an early age, their persistence in offering them
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Since parents or mothers have such control; they are therefore
responsible for their children being obese
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(2003)
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“Obesity
prevention among young children can therefore begin by encouraging and supporting women in
maintaining healthy dietary and physical activity behavior prior to and during pregnancy”
(Olstad & Linda 2009)
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” (Dalton, 2004,p8)
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Parents should be encouraged to teach and role model
healthy lifestyle behavior for their young children
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One of the most
effective obesity prevention measures is for parents and guardians and other caregivers to adopt
healthy life styles and avoid becoming obese themselves (Summerbell ,2007)
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” Lindsay et al
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“Authoritative parenting styles may be superior in encouraging healthy lifestyles,” Davis et al
(2001)
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” (Olstad & Linda, 2009)
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Therefore both parents and care givers play the key role of
change agents in shaping healthier lifestyles for their children for the prevention of obesity
among infants
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“Parents should therefore avoid
using food in those ways
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For children who are already obese “strategies for changing behavior should include those that
are not stressful so that the child can cope and have some success
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In this way the child would self-adjust their lifestyles for
a healthier living
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The government is main body responsible for importation of foods and ensuring
the proper foods are available at businesses for sale
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Various governments can adopt an “obesity –policy legislation and ban
the use of trans fat by restaurant and large fast food chains
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This measure would
certainly minimize the effects of obesity among infants
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Mentally, physically and emotionally, obesity has fit into society and believe it or not, it’s one
visitor that’s not welcomed
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Noticeably, over the years, obesity has been prevalent among infants
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A fat baby is always
considered a healthy baby by adults, but it’s the beginning of destruction to that innocent baby
who has no control of this disease
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