Recently, topics such as #9-year-old girl gains more than ten pounds in summer vacation and suffers from fatty liver# and #12-year-old boys weigh 30 pounds in excess of pounds in fatty liver# have repeatedly become hot searches, which has caused many parents to question: Is fatty liver not a middle-aged man who loves to drink? How could a child get caught? If you think so, you're very wrong! I’ll tell you: Fatty liver has a big appetite, and I will take all adults, children, fat and thin people.
Why do fatty liver come to the child?
The liver is an important organ of fat metabolism. Under normal circumstances, the liver only contains a small amount of fat, accounting for 4% to 7% of the liver's weight. Half of them are neutral fat , and the rest are lecithin and a small amount of cholesterol . When the body's fat increases, the fat in the liver will also increase. When the fat content exceeds 10% of the liver's weight, it will develop into fatty liver. Therefore, obesity is the main factor in children suffering from fatty liver!
Talk with data
Fatty liver has been increasing in recent years in children, especially in obese children. The prevalence of fatty liver in obese children around the world can reach 23%-77%, and has become the most important chronic liver disease affecting children's health after viral hepatitis . In my country, the incidence of fatty liver in obese children can reach 38%, and the incidence of fatty liver in moderate to severe obesity children is as high as 68%!
If you do not intervene in time to fatty liver caused by obesity, it can further develop into steatohepatitis , liver fibrosis and cirrhosis , and eventually lead to liver failure. It can also be concurrent with diabetes , cardiovascular disease and other serious diseases!
also a healthy and careful liver
Children's fatty liver is a reversible lesion. Early detection and active life behavior intervention or drug treatment can effectively improve or even reverse symptoms and improve children's health. Therefore, routine liver ultrasound examinations should be performed on obese children, high-risk factors should be found, active and effective intervention measures should be taken, and fatty liver should be actively prevented and treated obese children, and give children a healthy and careful heart!
1. Adjust the diet structure
Although children grow up, they are not recommended to eat too much. Appropriately control the daily intake of food. In daily diet, parents should also pay attention to reducing their children's intake of high-sugar and high-fat foods, while ensuring sufficient vitamins and protein supply.
In addition, studies have shown that children's taste adaptability is a critical period before the age of 4, and their taste will mature after the age of 7. Therefore, parents can try to cultivate their children's healthy eating habits during this period, such as less oil, less salt, less sugar, etc.
2, intervention in lifestyle
exercise method to choose aerobic exercises that increase energy consumption and are easy to adhere to, such as skipping rope , swimming, playing ball, jogging, brisk walking, going up and down stairs, cycling, etc.; strength exercise and flexibility training can also be used, such as dumbbells, sandbags and various stretching activities. Persist in moderate intensity exercise at least 5 days a week and at least 30 to 60 minutes a day.
In addition, it is also essential to limit children's daily use of mobile phone screens and maintain regular schedules. Most children can return to a healthy state after changing their diet and increasing their exercise appropriately.
3. Reasonable drug treatment
If the child's fatty liver develops to a relatively serious stage, he or she needs to use the medicine with caution under the guidance of a doctor. Insulin sensitizers such as metformin and antioxidants such as vitamin E can delay or reverse the course of fatty liver.
If you don’t want your child to have a big belly and suffer from fatty liver at a young age, then stop your hands that feed your children crazy and move with them!
