Growing attention to danger of obesity in adults have brought to recognition that this problem starts in adolescence when eating habits are taking roots. Extra weight carries certain risk not only to the health of the kid but also can promote onset of emotional and social problems as he/she becomes adult. Therefore it is important for parents to stay on alert and watch over the possibility of excessive gain of weight in their kid. Appearance of small kid should not be used to judge about presence or absence of obesity, since infants and kids look chubby. In order not to miss any deviation in weight in your kid it is better regularly fix indications of his physical development. If curved line of baby's weight is rising steep than curves of head circle or height, then more likely he/she is starting to have obesity. To find possible reason of this deviation refer to this diagnostic scheme.
