At first, it does not show ...
According to Dr. Alain Bocquet, the awareness of parents often happens too late because they do not worry about the first roundness of their child : "Excess weight is perceived in a very subjective way by the parents. But if roundness are normal in a child a year, with walking, his body becomes slimmer until about 6/7 years old. In this age group, parents do not be surprised to see his ribs, that's normal! "
For the pediatrician, the only effective and reliable index to date is the monitoring of the corpulence curve.
