Childhood Obesity

With approximately one in four children in New South Wales now overweight or obese, it is important that parents know how to prevent their children from becoming overweight or obese. Childhood obesity is linked to poor self esteem, asthma, increased risk of heart disease, sleep apnoea, body dissatisfaction, fatty liver and orthopaedic complications.

Childhood Obesity fact sheets

To help with management of childhood overweight the team at CHW have prepared a number of fact sheets.

• For my adolescent with a weight problem
• For my child with a weight problem
• Healthy Snack Choices
• Helping your adolescent to lose weight
• How do I know if my child has a weight problem
• How to get the kids to be more active
• How to talk to kids about losing weight
• Preventing holiday weight gain
• Weight loss, all the family needs to be involved
• Weight loss, what to do when you get stuck
• Weight management tips for parents

What can you to do help prevent obesity in childhood?

• Join the campaign to prevent junk food advertising to children
• Join the campaign for junk-food-free supermarket checkouts
• Learn how to read food labels
• Encourage your children to eat 2 fruit and 5 vegetables each day
• Let your children learn about healthy choices