Pregnancy
- Try to normalize the IMC before becoming pregnant.
- No smoking.
- Moderate exercise.
- In gestational diabetes, meticulous control of blood glucose to prevent macrosomia and/or fetal malformations.
- Promote breastfeeding for a minimum period of 3 months.
- Delaying the onset of sugary drinks.
- A meal at a place with the dedication of time required.
- Don't skip meals, especially breakfast.
- Do not watch TV while eating.
- Use small plates to serve rations.
- Avoid drinking soft drinks or juices sweetened daily.
- Restrict to ≪ 2-3 hours time devoted to television, video games and computer.
- Restrict the consumption of rolls, ice cream, popcorn, candy, snacks, etc.
- Encourage increased consumption of fruits and vegetables ("5 a day" slogan).
- Revised vending machines to serve only healthy products, water and refreshments without sugar.
- Avoid commercial contracts with companies that serve soft drinks, sweets, buns,trinkets, etc.
- Install water fountains in different parts of the school campus.
- To instruct teachers in nutrition education, incorporating this knowledge in the school curriculum of the student.
- Control of nutritional quality of school meals.
- Performing daily physical exercise (minimum 30-45 min), non-competitive,encouraging sports groups and explaining the health benefits of regular physical activity practice.
- Educate children from the preschool to high school about healthy eating and appropriate lifestyles.
- Encourage the use of public transport to go to school, safe routes for pedestrians or bike lane.
- Check the posts of sweets, ice cream, etc., in the vicinity of schools.
- Increase the recreational areas for children and adults of all ages.
- Discourage whenever feasible the use of lifts or escalators.
- Provide information on how learn how to buy and select the healthiest foods, learning to interpret the nutritional information labels.
Health personnel
- Explain the genetic and environmental conditions that may predispose to obesity in children.
- Tips adequate on the progressive introduction of food.
- Adequately control the growth weight curves, noting any deviations from the corresponding percentile.
- Instructions to parents on nutrition and lifestyle healthy.
- Identification of situations of risk for obesity: pregnancy, lactation, menopause,abandonment of tobacco, cessation of sporting activity, drugs related to weight gain,stressful life situation.
- Identification of eating behavior and body image disorders.
- Incorporation of protocols for detection of overweight and obesity, promoting direct measurement of weight, height, waist circumference, as well as the identification of risk factors associated with obesity.
Industry
- Nutritional labeling suitable, in particular of those foods aimed at children, with colors that indicate graduation of fat or sugar content.
- Promote interactive kids games so they can learn to select foods.
- Celebrations, also provide healthy food resources.
Health authorities
- To recognize obesity as a chronic disease of the first magnitude.
- Included in the portfolio of services from primary care programs of detection,diagnosis, and treatment of overweight.
- Find ways to help establish healthy programs: foods that promote obesity and subsidies for the healthiest rates.
- Promote the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables.
- Controlling misleading advertising.