Excess weight affects 40.6% of children in Spain, and future predictions are not encouraging, say specialists.
Experts agreed that healthcare services — specifically pediatric primary care centers — occupy a strategic position and play a vital role.
Regarding the strategies for prevention and detection of excess weight among children and teens, Castell said that performing a thorough interview to detect"Also, nutritional recommendations based, for example, on Harvard's Healthy Eating Plate or on increasing the daily intake of fruits and vegetables and reducing the intake of simple sugars and animal fats provide indispensable tools for managing obesity and excess weight.
She made the following observation:"It is becoming increasingly common to see children and teens with excess weight at pediatric primary care visits. We are therefore normalizing this condition and, as a consequence, delaying its diagnosis and treatment. That's why primary care visits and health programs are vital, but the media and institutions must also become aware of the problem.
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