Specialists for Al -Madinah: “The Health Triangle” protects children from diseases

Specialists have launched a health warning to protect children with various ages of diseases that threaten them as a result of an unhealthy lifestyle, assuring the “city” of the importance of instilling healthy values ​​in them from a young age to protect them from acquired diseases. They said that following the health triangle that includes (healthy eating And exercising healthy sleep) is enough to protect children from acquired diseases.

Initially, a professor and consultant of endocrinology and children’s diabetes at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Professor Abdel -Maine Eid Al -Agha:

Unfortunately, most children are exposed to many acquired diseases as a result of some influencing factors such as following an unhealthy lifestyle, and this includes excessive intake of unhealthy eating and staying up for long hours and not practicing any athletic activity. One of the diseases that results from this.

He continued: A lot of eating unhealthy food results in an increase in weight, and if he neglects this weight, the individual becomes over time complaining of obesity, and in the event of neglecting this obesity, there are new risks that result in that, including resistance to insulin and the possibility of exposure – God forbid – for diabetes The second type associated with obesity, in addition to other pathological complications affecting all parts of the body, besides psychological problems.

He added: We come to the lack of healthy sleep, including the evening behind the electronic devices, especially the days of weekly holidays and others, and this has many other problems, including an imbalance in the secretion of important hormones, including melatonin that controls the rhythm of the day and the day, and there is a growth hormone associated with health growth of the individual and reaching The appropriate length, so neglecting this important aspect raises the possibility of the child’s exposure to the stature because he is not regularly obtaining the normal growth hormone.

Professor Al -Agha concluded his speech by saying:

As for the third axis of the health triangle, which is sport, it is important in all aspects, as it enhances growth, protects against diseases, preserves the ideal weight, distances tension and anxiety, prevents mood swings. All of these mathematical benefits contribute to avoiding many diseases.

In the context, the pediatric consultant, Dr. Nasr El -Din Al -Sharif, says:

Following the base of the health triangle by children, especially young adolescents and adolescents, protects them from acquired diseases that have begun to record in children’s clinics such as obesity and diseases resulting from excessive use of electronic devices. Unfortunately, most children do not realize the negative risks, and over time they may find themselves in health problems And psychological due to lack of interest in their health.

Al -Sharif stressed the importance of the role of parents in educating their children about the dangers of neglecting the base of the health triangle. Children from a young age acquires customs and values ​​from within the family system.

For her part, dietitian Ghada Yasser says:

Awareness of children about healthy and harmful eating is important to protect them from weight gain and obesity and their complications, as we must be separated between healthy and unhealthy food, as healthy food means food that contains all the nutrients beneficial to children of various ages of minerals, fibers, vitamins, a percentage of starches, natural salts and sugars Natural and free from harmful fats, the healthy diet helps to strengthen the body and strengthen immunity so that the individual is not vulnerable to any infection with any immune disease, virus or microbe, while unhealthy food is food that does not contain any nutritional value at all, so children always like food Harmful because it contains a large percentage of fats, oils and salts, and high sugars are unhelpful, just as the unhealthy food does not benefit the immune system with anything but rather makes the topic more dangerous so the person is vulnerable to diseases and his body is unable to resist viruses and microbes.

The specialist advised Ghada to take care as much as possible to prepare food at home because it is in a healthy and healthy way, and includes all the required nutrients, and avoiding unhealthy meals because they are high in calories and fats that negatively affect the body, prevention protects generations from acquired diseases as a result of excessive intake Unhealthy food.