5 things that may cause children to become obese or addicted to the Internet - Medical summer camp has the answers

The summer vacation is already halfway over, and it’s time for a general checkup. The five most important things parents are concerned about are: Has the child grown taller? Is your child getting fat again? Has your child’s myopia worsened? Are your children addicted to mobile phones? What new knowledge did the child learn? By participating in the medical summer camps held by the hospital, parents can solve the above concerns, and their children can also learn new health knowledge, grow and transform, and have new hope for health!

Nutritionists used a sweetness meter to measure the sugar content and actually added sugar cubes into boiling water to compare it with the sugar content of cola. (Photo courtesy of Cathay Hospital)

Children love to drink sugary cold drinks to cool off, but the calories and sugar content are frighteningly high

During the hot summer vacation, many children are on vacation at home. Their biggest entertainment is either playing video games or surfing the Internet, or eating snacks like crazy, especially buying a cold drink to cool off. Little do they know that the calories and sugar content of cold drinks are frighteningly high. How much sugar is contained in a glass of commercially available sugary drink? If your children sign up for the "Primary School Medical Summer Camp" organized by Cathay Hospital, they can hear the nutritionists' answers.

According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare's "National Dietary Indicators Manual", daily sugar intake should not exceed 10% of total calorie intake. According to the "Recommended Daily Diet for Children in Grades 3-6" published by the National Health Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, students with moderate activity intensity need about 2,300 calories per day, so daily sugar intake should be less than 230 calories, which is about 12 sugar cubes.

Medical Summer Camp Good Health Demonstration of the Sugar Meter to Actually Measure Sugar Content

Nutritionist Lin Yuanyuan from Cathay General Hospital said that according to the sugar content of commercially available ready-made beverages (hand-shaken drinks) announced by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 700 ml of full-sugar pearl milk tea contains about 12 sugar cubes (240 kcal), and 600 ml of commercially available packaged cola contains about 13 sugar cubes (260 kcal), indicating that the amount of sugar contained in sugary drinks is alarming and is not good for the health of growing schoolchildren.

Dr. Hou Jiawei, chief physician of the Department of Pediatrics at Cathay General Hospital, gave a lecture on how to grow taller and answered children's questions during the course. (Photo courtesy of Cathay Hospital)

In the medical summer camp, the sugar content was actually measured using a sweetness meter, and sugar cubes were actually added to boiling water and compared with the sugar content of Coke. The students exclaimed, "I was surprised to see the sugar content of the drinks! Today I realized that I should drink less sugary drinks to avoid getting fat." Nutritionists hope that children will drink less sugary drinks after school and drink more boiled water to be healthy.

3C products hurt your eyes, stay away from online game addiction disorder

In addition, in a series of courses such as "It's so sad without a mobile phone" and "Playing with 3C products hurts your eyes", psychiatrists Shan Jiaqi and Chen Shaoqian respectively introduced mobile phones, video games and Internet addiction diseases, letting children know that if they have symptoms such as being unable to control their Internet time, being alienated from family and friends, being irritable and restless, and being distracted from school or work for more than 12 consecutive months, they may be diagnosed with "Internet game addiction disorder."

A short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale developed by Professor Chen Shuhui of the Department of Psychology at National Taiwan University was provided on site for children to fill out on their own, while Dr. Shan was there to check whether the children had a tendency to be addicted to smartphones. Parents are reminded to communicate with their children and agree on a time limit for mobile phone use, so that children will not become addicted to the Internet and lose control of the time they spend playing with their mobile phones, which will affect their mood swings and daily routines, leading to physical and mental imbalance.

Schoolchildren experience eye examination equipment. (Photo courtesy of Cathay Hospital)