Government to Issue New Guidelines to Fight Childhood Obesity
With a new way to fight childhood obesity, the Government health experts will advise parents to make children exercise in routine.
"We are putting children in chairs, sticking them in front of TVs, we are putting them in the back seat in car chairs and driving to lots of places", said Professor Fiona Bull, co-Director of the British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity
Children under five years of age should exercise for at least three hours daily. These guidelines will be issued by the government, this week. This is the first time that children under the age of five have been targeted because of the growing fears of childhood obesity.
The guidelines would assert that toddlers should walk at least fifteen minutes as a routine, such as a fifteen minute walk to school while babies should be taken to play on baby gyms, swimming sessions and other stretch activities.
It is estimated that only 30% of children get recommended exercises while others continue to stick in their comfort zone which is the root cause of increasing childhood obesity.
According to figures stated by NHS (National Health Survey), almost 25% of children under the age of four are obese or overweight. This figure of childhood obesity is expected to rise to more than 60% by the year 2050.