Additionally, there are far much greater strategies to prevent childhood obesity for children. The best place to ensure childhood obesity is schools. This is because schools are a natural setting for influencing physical activities and the foods that the children consume. Other similar settings such as the school environments such after school care services and preschool provide a similar environment that provide opportunities for action. A program that is best for the prevention can be achieved through a variety of interventions such as targeting physical activities, diet and built environment. .
Diet.
The best way to prevent childhood obesity is through the provision of healthy foods. This can be done through balancing of calories that the children take. One should offer their children nutritious snacks and meals with the correct and appropriate number of calories. This can be done through the improvement of healthy eating habits and making the favorite foods for the children healthier. The steps that one could use include;.
1. Encourage healthy eating habits. The small variations in the foods that the children consume can be a great success. Plenty of vegetables, whole grain products and fruits should be provided. The foods that the children consume should include low-fat dairy products and in extreme cases, the children should consume nonfat dairy products. The parents and the supervisors at school should serve the children with reasonable sized portions of foodstuffs during meal times. The children should be encouraged to drink lots of water. Parents should be encouraged to limit beverages that are sugar-sweetened that have sodium and saturated fat.
2. Make favorite dishes healthier. Schools and parents should ensure that there are few changes in the recipes that they make. The changes in the recipes can make some of the children to have new favorites as well.
3. Remove calorie-rich temptations.