Rigid Parenting Trigger Obesity Children

Parenting is applied to every parent is not always the same in every family. Every parenting has a different impact on the child. But it turns out there is a tendency in a particular family parenting affects the weight of the child.

A new study shows, parenting tend to be rigid, such as minimal discussion and compassion will trigger childhood obesity compared with more balanced parenting.

Researchers from Canada, the rate of obesity found a third higher at 11 years of age children are brought up in a family of rigid rules and emotional response. In groups consisting of more than 37,000 children, these kids tend to have a higher weight than children who were raised in parenting is more open.

"Parenting is open already known best for the health of the child. These findings prove, in terms of obesity, parenting is open better than rigid parenting, "said study author Lisa Kakinami, experts in epidemiology McGill University, Montreal Canada.

According to parent, Kakinami with rigid parenting tend to make children behave at risk. However, these relationships do not prove a causal relationship.

Indonesia is the country with the level of obesity in children is quite high, especially in the big cities. Based on basic medical Research in 2010, the prevalence of overweight in children toddlers 14 percent nationally. An increase in similar research results than in 2007, which is 12.2 percent. The prevalence was based on weight and height.

Kakinami and his team found, children aged 2-5 years whose parents apply rigid parenting risk 30 percent higher than children of obese parents who apply the parenting. In children aged 6-11 years, even obesitasnya rate 37 percent higher in the group with a rigid parenting.

Dr. Stephen Daniels, a pediatrician and head of the Department of child health at children's Hospital of Colorado says, pediatricians and other health care personnel have been wanting to know the influence of parenting on the risk of obesity and health behavior.

"This study demonstrates a particular parenting can give great influence. Then this is the result of a new, interesting, and useful, "he said, which is not involved with the research.

However, the research team recognized the results of this study could not identify a langusung rigid parenting reasons can trigger obesity in children. In addition, they also stressed on the need for further study to determine the long-term impact of parenting is stiff against the weight of the child.