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3 rules of thumb to reduce childhood obesity

Published on May 2, 2014 at 2:52 AM

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Kristopher Kaliebe, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the LSU Health
Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, offers parents and caregivers three
simple family-oriented goals to overcome the complex problem of childhood obesity and
related mental disorders. They involve limit setting to address the brain's "get more"
drive strengthened through habitual over-consumption of temptations including highly
caloric processed food, hyper-reality media and electronics, as well as excessive sitting.
His 3 "rules" of living promote physical and mental health for children and parents for
both treatment and prevention. They are published in the April 2014 issue of the Journal
of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
"The pediatric obesity crisis arose from systemic changes in society and multiple
dynamic interacting risk factors," notes Dr. Kaliebe. "It has been paralleled by increased
mental health problems that seem interrelated."
Childhood obesity correlates with attention-deficit /hyperactivity disorder, learning
disorders, and academic underperformance as well as increased internalizing and
externalizing disorders.
"Moreover, many behavior patterns associated with obesity, such as sedentary
lifestyles, excessive media exposure, and inappropriate diets, also correlate with a
psychiatric diagnosis or psychological distress," says Dr. Kaliebe.
His "rules," meant to facilitate healthy choices, are straightforward and practical.
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Posted in: C hild Health News | Medical C ondition News
Tags: Brain, C arbohydrates, C hildhood Obesity, Dentistry, Health C are, Hyperactivity, Mental Health,
Nursing, Obesity, Protein, Psychiatry, Public Health, Sleep, Stress

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