and dine like a pauper eats food cooked in sunflower or groundnut oil on alternate days brown rice suresh kumars regime start the day with oats or raagi go easy on oil salt and red meat eats fish high in omega fatty acid healthy fats content like sardines and bangda brown rice routine exercise make kid follow a healthy lifestyle say experts globally childhood obesity has emerged as a major health challenge affecting many low and middleincome families particularly in urban settings overweight and obese children may remain obese even after they become adults they are likely to develop diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at a younger age overweight and obesity and their related diseases are largely preventable said laparoscopic obesity and metabolic surgeon shrihari dhorepatil parents agree that diet control with a good play schedule works best for children but cannot find ways to enforce it excess disciplining will not help providing alternatives like exposure to outdoor game of the childs choice a little participation from the parents in physical activities in front of kids and developing healthy eating habits in the family will help children shirish kale a psychologist who specialises in child behaviour said sania sarkar has a practical approach instead of stopping my daughter from gorging on readymade stuff i would prefer that she eats roasted peanuts sattu roti rolled with jam who recommendations for five to 17 years old 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intense physical activity every day most of the daily physical activity should be aerobic activities incorporated include those that strengthen muscle and bone at least three times per week cut the fat ideally an overweight person should eat small frequent meals drink plenty of water and unsweetened drinks avoid nonvegetarian food avoid fried foods and conserve sugar and salt they should eat whole meal chapattis brown bread plenty of fruits and vegetables sprouts and spices like black pepper ginger turmeric and fenugreek to help burn fat and reduce lipids in blood no s diet avoid sugar sweets cakes sweetened juices dates white rice riceflakes maida white bread pastries honey sago potato sweetpotato and other underground vegetables sapota and custard apple eating right sprouts whole pulses legumes salads boiled egg white chana whole wheat and bajra besan isabgol rajma peanuts kabuli chana brown rice low fat milk low fat curds apples pears berries and citrus fruits