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Children today just like to sit in one place playing video games, being exposed to phone and computer screens. Infrequent physical activity makes children weak and susceptible to diseases due to poor resistance. Therefore, to increase resistance, parents should let children exercise more outdoors.
1. What is resistance? Signs to identify children with weak resistance?
Currently, parents when raising children are often only interested in what food to give their children enough nutrients, but forget about increasing resistance. So what is the increase in resistance that is so necessary?
Resistance is the body's ability to defend itself against factors that penetrate inside humans such as bacteria, viruses, infectious diseases,... When a child's resistance is weak, the immune system will If the epidemic declines, it means that the child's body is weak and can get sick at any time that the parents cannot prevent.
Signs to identify children with weak resistance:
Children are prone to minor illnesses such as: Cough, runny nose, fever, sore throat... Even more severe is flu, dengue fever, tetanus or diphtheria Children dehydration through signs of dry skin, lips, tongue or extreme thirst, sunken eyes, little urination, no tears when crying The child shows signs of loss of appetite, or fussiness The child may have digestive problems such as poor digestion absorption, leading to malnutrition, stunting and growth retardation. Open wounds take a long time to heal: Poor resistance of children reduces the ability to heal wounds, making it difficult for blood to clot and slow wound healing.
Cho trẻ vận động thể thao để phát triển toàn diện thể chất lẫn trí tuệ
2. What are the benefits of sports activities for children?
Sports helps children develop comprehensively physically and intellectually, giving them a sense of confidence and flexibility. At the same time, help children lead a positive and healthy lifestyle. According to experts, children who exercise a lot will help circulate and circulate blood to all corners of the body, supporting the body to function at its best. When children exercise scientifically, their body will be healthy, bones and muscles will be strong, and at the same time, they will consume excess fat to avoid obesity from an early age. Parents let children exercise regularly to help strengthen the child's immune system, increase resistance to help children fight infectious pathogens, seasonal flu viruses, .. In addition, exercise also improves the ability to concentrate, help children in learning and living better.
Phụ huynh cho trẻ vận động thường xuyên sẽ giúp con tăng cường hệ miễn dịch
3. Some sports for children to exercise help increase resistance
Many parents wonder how to increase children's resistance but safely, effectively, without potential risks. Here are some suggestions for sports to help children feel happier when moving to increase resistance:
Endurance sports such as endurance running, swimming, roller skating,...help Children increase resistance, promote cardiovascular system and consume calories in the body. This is a good foundation to help children practice other sports more easily. Team sports such as doubles, soccer, basketball, badminton, volleyball,... these motor games help children build high teamwork, easy teamwork in learning and fun. play later, develop hand-eye coordination. Extreme sports such as cycling, climbing, rowing, swimming, diving, ice skating, ... help children increase the body's resistance, the ability to coordinate smoothly between parts, improve endurance. .. Parents should encourage their children to try these subjects so that they can fully show their intelligence, quick wits, problem-solving and especially endurance. Currently, the parents' pampering of their children has made the child's endurance very little or no, which will have a negative impact on the lifestyle in the future. Sports combined with music such as dance, dance, ballet, hip-hop, figure skating... Children who love music will love these activities. Through this, children can master themselves in terms of speed, coordination ability between body parts, and increase children's resistance. Martial arts sports such as fencing, karate, judo, tae kwon-do, wrestling, ... help children increase speed, smooth coordination of limbs, quick reflexes, burn calories in the body, Bones and muscles develop better. Seeing the importance of sports, parents should let their children be more active in accordance with their age, forming good habits for their children. A lot of physical activity not only helps increase children's resistance, limit infectious viral diseases, obesity, overweight, ... but also helps children have a healthy body, strong mental development, and mental development. and good life skills.
In addition to reasonable exercise, parents need to ensure sleep, have appropriate nutrition and supplement necessary micronutrients such as: Zinc, selenium, Chromium, Vitamins B1 and B6, Ginger, extracts acerola (vitamin C),... for children to improve their taste, eat well, reach the correct height and weight, and exceed the standard, good immune system, enhance resistance to less common and minor illnesses digestive problems.
The improvement of symptoms can take place for a long time, so it is recommended that parents be calm and persistent when supplementing with nutrients for children, even through eating or functional foods. In particular, the use of functional foods should choose those of natural origin that are easily absorbed, do not allow simultaneous use of many types or continuously change the types of functional foods.
For more nutritional knowledge and child care for each age, parents should regularly visit the website vimec.com and make an appointment with the leading doctors, pediatric and nutrition experts of the National General Hospital. Vinmec when needing advice on children's health.
