Our responsibility as parents, in addition to caring for and raising our children, is to teach them from an early age to differentiate the good and bad things in life, including the teaching of good habits. We know that the best way to teach them is to lead by example, so if we want healthy children, we should be too.
According to a recent study, the lifestyle of mothers has a great influence on the possibility of children suffering from obesity in the future, defining five habits that we should all follow.
We know that the lifestyle that parents have is the one that will set the example for which our children will have, at least during their first years of life. Practicing healthy habits is something we all try to instill in our children since childhood, but rather than telling them what they are, we must show it.
And the example we give as parents to our children is so great that the study we are talking about today analyzed the relationship between a healthy lifestyle in mothers and the risk of their children suffering from obesity in the future. Of course, the parents 'lifestyle also influences, but this research dealt with studying the impact of the mothers' example.
It was found that mothers who lead a healthier lifestyle, characterized by five habits that we will mention below, they would help prevent their children from suffering from obesity when they reach adolescence by up to 75%.
The five habits - which are common sense habits and that we should all practice - are:
- Exercise regularly
- keep a healthy weight
- Eat a nutritious diet
- Consume only moderate amounts of alcohol
- No Smoking
If in addition to seeing the example of their mothers, the children followed the same path as them and they continued with those good habits, they could reduce their probability of being obese by up to 82%, compared to those who followed unhealthy examples of their mothers.
It is true that the study may not reveal something that we did not know: a good diet, exercising regularly and not having bad habits related to cigarettes or alcohol, help us to have a healthy lifestyle. But the notorious thing we can get from him is the impact of a good or bad lifestyle on the part of parents, on their children.
Perhaps we comply with some or most of the habits, and if not, we always have the opportunity to change and improve, because We would not only be doing it for us, but also for the long-term well-being of our children, thus preventing childhood obesity.
