Blame it on the effects of increasing academic pressure or the influence of television and video games, the cheering and screaming of children at neighbourhood playgrounds can no longer be heard today. Lack of physical activity has taken a toll on the health of growing children, especially teenagers. "The teens these days are extremely unfit. One of the main reasons for this being that most of them have grown up indoors and hardly played the run-around kind of games,'' says Puran Soni, manager of Talwarkar Fitness Centre at Vaishali Nagar.
Pediatrician Dr Rambabu Sharma doesn't recommend gymming for pre-teens. "Adolescents going towards adulthood can work out in gyms. But, it should be done in a graded manner under proper guidance. Heavy
weight lifting could have an adverse effect on the body, and may lead to catabolism. In spite of aerobic metabolism, youngsters may develop anaerobic metabolism, under which lactic acid accumulates in the
muscles, which is not good for the body." Lack of open spaces in the neighbourhood too, is one of the reasons for children taking to gymming or dancing at aerobic classes.
"Until a couple of years ago, I used to force my now 13-year-old daughter to go to the local park in the evenings. However, now she and her friends do not feel comfortable hanging out there. So, they prefer to spend time in the building compound chatting rather than playing games,"says Madhu Solanki, a resident of Chirtakoot area. The change in lifestyle has brought in a major change in the eating habits of children, making them all the more unfit. Senior dietician Rahat Bano says teenagers should not worry about calories but rather try and have nutritious food. "Increasing number of teens seem to have digestion problems or are obese and hence follow food restrictions.
For both the disorders, lack of physical activity can be blamed," she says. "The onset of adult diseases from childhood is a dangerous trend. Now, there are children who are coming to hospitals with coronary artillery
disease, obesity, diabetes type II (which is common in adults) and other respiratory problems. Children should follow good eating habits and take time out for physical exercises," suggests Dr S D Sharma, superintendent at J K Lon Hospital, a child speciality centre.
Pediatrician Dr Rambabu Sharma doesn't recommend gymming for pre-teens. "Adolescents going towards adulthood can work out in gyms. But, it should be done in a graded manner under proper guidance. Heavy
weight lifting could have an adverse effect on the body, and may lead to catabolism. In spite of aerobic metabolism, youngsters may develop anaerobic metabolism, under which lactic acid accumulates in the
muscles, which is not good for the body." Lack of open spaces in the neighbourhood too, is one of the reasons for children taking to gymming or dancing at aerobic classes.
"Until a couple of years ago, I used to force my now 13-year-old daughter to go to the local park in the evenings. However, now she and her friends do not feel comfortable hanging out there. So, they prefer to spend time in the building compound chatting rather than playing games,"says Madhu Solanki, a resident of Chirtakoot area. The change in lifestyle has brought in a major change in the eating habits of children, making them all the more unfit. Senior dietician Rahat Bano says teenagers should not worry about calories but rather try and have nutritious food. "Increasing number of teens seem to have digestion problems or are obese and hence follow food restrictions.
For both the disorders, lack of physical activity can be blamed," she says. "The onset of adult diseases from childhood is a dangerous trend. Now, there are children who are coming to hospitals with coronary artillery
disease, obesity, diabetes type II (which is common in adults) and other respiratory problems. Children should follow good eating habits and take time out for physical exercises," suggests Dr S D Sharma, superintendent at J K Lon Hospital, a child speciality centre.
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