When children have too much body fat they’re described as overweight or obese. Obesity is a more serious form of overweight. Both overweight and obesity are risks for children’s health. A healthy family lifestyle has lots of benefits for children’s health and wellbeing and can help children avoid childhood obesity. Obesity happens when the energy children get from food and drinks is greater than the energy they burn up through physical activity, growing and other body processes. This extra energy gets stored as fat. The causes can range from simple things like excess food, lack of physical activities to medical conditions like thyroid disorders, excess steroids, growth hormone deficiency and genetic conditions.
Dr Sanjeev Gupta provides thorough assessment and diagnosis along with comprehensive treatment plan. He takes extra effort in talking to parents to help understand them their child’s condition and provides them with resources to manage weight issues at home.
