Parents: Have you talked to your children about obesity?

It's not so much about talking to them as it is about setting the example and providing a good food environment. Parents should be buying healthy groceries for their kids (with some treats of course) and cooking family meals that the family eats together. They should make sure their kids get lots of time to play outside and exercise, and provide indoor exercise opportunities too, like maybe yoga or Wii fit.

It's the parents job to create a healthy life for their kids from the very beginning and if their kids are obese, it means the parents haven't done their job.

I trust what all females above me mentioned. I were chubby ever when you consider that I received pregnant. I won plenty of weight in the course of being pregnant, then the loss of recreation, age and a few different scientific issues have made it not possible for me to lose the burden. I understand how difficult it's to be chubby, and I could in no way wish to look my baby undergo. I ensure she eats healthful, and check out to stick as a ways clear of McDonald's and junk meals as viable. I do not drive to consume her lunch if she isn't hungry, however ensure the does consume anything, if it is cereal, culmination, milk or anything cooked through me. To me the mum and dad that permit their kids emerge as overweight don't have any love for them, in the event that they love them then they could do the nice for the ones children to have an extended, healthful and blissful existence, and everyone knows what number of well being issues weight problems brings, further that they get picked on through different children, and so forth. They get indignant considering that they realize that what they're doing is incorrect, and so they need to act find it irresistible isn't to take a look at and justify it or else. But that's my opinion.

whatever happened to just the birds and the bee's when they where old enough. . .=/

as for you, great job on fixing that while you where still young,'_^

the problem in most households is a "nutritional illiteracy on the parents part."

add to that vary poor cooking skills and you've got a volatile recipe for poor eating habits.=(

i think cooking lessons and nutritional education should be for both THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS

because come on you don't really expect a 9 year old to make a healthy meal for himself. and that's pretty much where obesity starts.

most people think of making a healthy meal as this extreme effort witch they don't have the time and energy for.

when in Truth it's often as simple as switching a few techniques "like baking instead of frying" or substituting a few ingredient's

In our household we had no junk foods because mainly I was not raised that way and all our meals were home made but no fried foods ever.

Just the way I was raised, my daughter is very tall 5"7' and has not fat at all. Same for me I look small compared to many women but I am small.

No, I just saw fat people and twinkies and said I wouldn't eat twinkies.

I'm 5' 8" and 140 lbs, with a BMI of 8.

Thanks, if I ever have a children I'll talk to that about him, or keep him fit. I don't wanna be a bad parent/husband so I like listening to other people's problems so I don't do the same ones.

i don't have kids since i'm 17, but i don't eat junk food and i'm an athlete, my parents don't care what i eat at all they offer me cookies and sweets i just say no