Sept. 9, 2013, daily RX
There is more to combating obesity than ensuring that children eat healthy food. There are other factors that can increase children’s risk of obesity — and they can be addressed within a family.
A recent study found that adjusting a couple household routines in low-income, racially diverse families could help reduce children’s weight.
The most successful routines involved increasing the amount of time that children sleep and decreasing the time they spend watching TV on weekdays.
Children in families making these changes saw a small but significant drop in their average body mass index (BMI). BMI is a ratio of a person’s height to weight that is used to determine if they are a healthy weight or not. Continue reading