The prevention of obesity focuses on weight control. And how to control weight? Reasonable arrangement of food intake is the last word, and babies are no exception.

Obesity is a nutritional imbalance. Therefore, preventing obesity mainly requires a balanced diet, and managing the baby's diet based on the Balanced Diet Pagoda.

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6 months ago

●Insist on exclusive breastfeeding

●Appropriately reduce the frequency of breastfeeding

●Wean off night feeding as early as possible

Exclusive breastfeeding is the best way to feed babies between 1 and 6 months old. However, some children who are exclusively breastfed also become very fat.

If the baby still gains too much weight despite being exclusively breastfed, exceeding the growth rate of the body length, that is to say, the baby gains too much weight that should not be gained, you should consider appropriately extending the feeding interval and reducing the length of the baby. The frequency of feedings allows the baby to reduce the frequency of feedings while meeting the needs of growth and development. In addition, the frequency of night feedings can also be reduced, for example, the interval can be lengthened. When the baby is 2 months old, the interval between night feedings can be gradually extended; after the baby is 4 months old, night feedings can be gradually discontinued. The longer the interval between feedings is, the more your child can sleep. Letting children sleep more at night can promote height.

Feeding on demand is advocated during the breastfeeding stage, but many times, parents feed according to "cry". As long as the child cries, it is considered that the baby needs to be fed. This is the main reason for overfeeding of the baby. In fact, the "need" of on-demand feeding is to promote the best development of the baby's growth and development potential, and the baby's crying is not just because of hunger. Therefore, when the baby cries, parents should first comfort the baby and look at the diaper. Whether it needs to be changed, whether the living environment is uncomfortable, whether the baby just needs to be held, etc. Do not breastfeed as soon as the child cries.

Many times, parents of exclusively breastfed babies cannot see how much their children eat, and are always worried that their children are not full. The child will be fed a few mouthfuls without waiting for it. As a result, the child will eat during the day and night and will easily grow into a little fat man.

If a child is already fat, feed him less at night. For example, he used to feed him once every two hours, but now he will feed him every two and a half hours or three hours.

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6 to 12 months

●Adjustment of diet structure

●Less staple food and fruits

●Appropriately increase vegetables to increase satiety

●Do not persuade or induce food

In the dietary pagoda, milk, eggs, meat, vitamin D and other foods and nutrients are included To promote height growth, these nutrients need to be ensured. If parents find that their child is overweight or obese when regularly monitoring their baby's physical growth, they first need to make adjustments to their diet. Excessive amounts of staple foods and fruits can easily lead to obesity. Therefore, the amount of staple foods and fruits can be appropriately reduced for children.

Many times, children like to eat fruits but not vegetables. Parents need to intervene to control their children's intake of fruits and staple foods. Secondly, the amount of food needs to be adjusted. If the child has a big appetite, try to give the child some satiety foods, so that the food intake will naturally be reduced. In addition, the eating behavior also needs to be adjusted. When the child does not want to eat, do not persuade the child to eat, let alone tempt the child with food at every turn.

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1～3 years old

●Pay attention to dietary balance

●Liquid milk can replace formula milk

When monitoring the child's weight every week, if it is found that the child has gained a lot of weight, the baby needs to eat less in the next week, while ensuring that meat, eggs, milk and other nutritious and necessary foods are eaten. In addition to food, appropriately reduce the intake of other foods, and prepare food for your children according to the lower limit of the reference amount in the "Chinese Dietary Guidelines for Children Aged 0 to 6 Years".