Just as childhood obesity has consequences in the development of cardiovascular and endocrine diseases, also causes greater injuries of legs, ankles and feet in children who suffer from it.
The overweight that has to support the body of these children makes them more vulnerable to hurt while walking or running than thinner children, who in turn are more likely to suffer blows to the head.
In addition to obese children being more likely to suffer lower limb injuries, they tend to be more painful and disabling, and their recovery is slower.
This is stated by a team of researchers from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (United States) that has analyzed the medical records of more than 23,000 children between 3 and 14 years treated in the center's emergency room for more than three years. years.
Injuries to the legs, ankles and feet were twice as frequent in obese children as in children of normal weight, with sprains being the most common ailments.
On the other hand, they were 50 percent less likely to suffer head or face injuries.
The purpose of studies like this is not to show how dumpy children can be overweight when running or walking, but instead develop strategies to prevent injuries to their lower limbs.
Due to their characteristics, they would need, for example, special footwear with reinforcements on their ankles to prevent them from getting hurt.
Injuries contribute to sedentary lifestyle and as the key is to promote physical exercise among obese children, everything that serves to prevent them will benefit their health.
