Obesity in 2006, 12.4% of the population, or 6 million people. Overweight meanwhile, 29.2% for people, or 14 million people. You should know that being overweight affects more men than women. Children are not spared, because 1 in 6 children is overweight. We must therefore make an effort to get tested on children at risk.
It is very important to follow the path of the curve of body size or body mass index, which varies by age. Normally this curve increases the first year of birth, then begins to decrease until the age of 6, because the child will usually grow faster than it is fatter. The rise of the curve of body mass index, occurs around age 6, he called the “adiposity rebound”. If the adiposity rebound occurs before 6 years, this factor will indicate a real risk of obesity later. Over the adiposity rebound will occur early in the life of the child, the greater the risk of obesity is high.
