Overweight and obesity are an increasingly serious problem in Polish children, according to a study conducted by the Institute of Mother and Child on a group of over two thousand eight-year-olds in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. The results are particularly worrying, as 5 percent. the increase in the percentage of overweight and obese children compared to that recorded in 2016-2018 is significant.
- One-fifth of eight-year-old boys are obese. We also investigated the waist-to-height ratio. It turned out that 25 percent. boys is about to develop abdominal obesity. In girls, this percentage was 20%. - lists prof. Anna Fijałkowska from the Institute of Mother and Child.
The high percentage of children with abnormal blood pressure is also worrying. One fifth of the boys in the study had abnormally high diastolic blood pressure. This could herald hypertension problems in the future.
The main reasons for this state of affairs are incorrect eating habits and lack of exercise.
- One-fifth of the parents of the children surveyed ...
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