overweight children
All entries tagged with overweight childrenHelping An Overweight Friend or Family Member
If you're interested in staying fit and eating healthily, it can be difficult to see friends or family members leading a very unhealthy lifestyle. Perhaps you have a child or parent who is very overweight, or a friend who seems down about his/her size - but who never gets round to doing anything about it.
It's very difficult to offer help without sounding like you're interfering or nagging or, worse, giving the impression that you don't like your friend or relative because of their weight.
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Fat Kid Phobia: A Personal Rant
A new study of 1,200 Australian families has revealed "the majority of caregivers believe their kids are of normal weight when they are overweight or even obese".
The Australian associated press item claims that "heavy parents are the worst judges of them all" and that the findings were "alarming given Australia was in the grip of an obesity epidemic".
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Kids Are Eating Less - Not More?
A professor at the University of South Australia has reviewed 1700 published studies researching children's diets from over 30 years. His conclusion?
Children of today are eating less food (including less fat) than they used to.
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