Comments on: Childhood Obesity: The Preventable Epidemic

By: annina

annina — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:24:23 +0000

I think parents should understand that if you bring bad food into the home and your child has full access to it, then obviously they will eat it.

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By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:24:32 +0000

Although meat often gets fingered as something to cut out when people thing about dieting, I believe junk food, sugar and inactivity are far more to blame.

Still, everything in moderation is the best lifestyle. We are not carnivores, nor are we vegetarians. A real omnivore’s diet contains a balance. The recipe for a happy life overall does too.

By: jeff (Female Parent)

jeff (Female Parent) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:47:19 +0000

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:37:34 +0000

Addison–good point. I’m a firm believer in lifestyle, not weight is the issue. If kids are eating healthy foods, have healthy attitudes about eating (i.e for nutrition, not comfort or boredom) and are active, I believe most will be within healthy weight range.

I do believe it is much harder to establish healthy food habits when most food consumed is processed and/or prepared outside the home. Here, organic or natural don’t make a difference: Organic cheese puffs are still junk food!

By: Addison

Addison — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:00:15 +0000

Instead of focusing on weight loss, childhood obesity treatment programs aim to slow or halt weight gain so the child will grow into his or her body weight over a period of months to years.

By: suzannabanana23

suzannabanana23 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:21:43 +0000

Thanks, Gloria and Sara. Despite my post, I have a wee confession to make. CANDY. My boys are very active, but they can “cute” candy out of me and any of their other relatives at the drop of a hat. And have you seen the grotesque stuff they call candy these days? In GIANT portions? Liquid Sweet Tarts in squirt bottles, for example? A friend once remarked that you know you’re getting old when the fashions of the young were not only unappealing but were down right repulsive. Who knew this extended to food? But I cave in and give it to them anyway…. Even if it’s after karate or swim team practice (or maybe especially after…).

By: gloria

gloria — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:19:00 +0000

My friends used to joke about the fact that an invitation to my parents’ house for dinner was to look forward to a banquet of pork - there would always be several pork dishes on the table, with maybe one dish of stir-fried vegetables. This kind of meal is typical in Chinese families. Today, my parents are nearing eighty, and both are reasonably healthy and spend their days touring the globe or bouncing between their apartment in Virginia and their apartment in China. Despite their terribly imbalanced diet their whole lives, their health today is probably attributable to good genes, yes, but also to the fact they NEVER ate prepared foods, except for an occasional bowl of instant noodles. My whole childhood, every meal was home-cooked and used fresh ingredients. But I wonder, if my parents had attempted to eat just a bit better (more fruits and vegetables) perhaps they’d be playing tennis or basket ball today and more available to chase my kids?

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:07:23 +0000

When we made a rare visit to the municipal pool this week, I was appalled to discover that as an early-40s Mom, my flabby tummy was significantly smaller than at least a third of the teens and preteens!

In researching our earlier post on beef and early puberty, I discovered that obesity is thought to be the leading contributing factor to early puberty.

What do I do for my own kids to get them moving and eating right? The garden is probably the best. They are much more enthusiastic about eating veggies they grow themselves, and we sure get our exercise!