What's your take on a mom putting her 7 year old daughter on strict diet?

I read that story, too. I saw no reason that she needed to put her daughter on any sort of diet. The mother had her own eating issues and she may have passed along some bad habits to her daughter.

When my children were younger, I let them know that I had not been eating so healthfully. That it was ME who was eating too many sweets and snacks and it was making me have less energy. I joined Weight Watchers and tried to move around more. I did not deprive them of foods, but I incorporated better food choices into meals. I gradually switched out certain snack items (pretzels for potato chips) that fostered mindless eating.

I felt the mother could have presented it that as a family, they had been making some unhealthy eating choices. They could have worked together to find food choices that would promote a healthier lifestyle. They could have decided to be more active, too.

I do not like the concept of diets for anybody, but in particular for children. That can just set them up for a lifetime of gaining and losing weight. Losing 16 pounds for a 7 year old could have been managed with a steady program of eating healthy foods and getting more exercise. Between growing into some of that weight, eating well and moving around more than sitting, the whole issue would have dissolved in about 6 - 8 months. No dieting should have been necessary for that young girl.

Heck no it's not always the parents fault. My son was always at 40 pound - a really good weight for his age - and once he started Kindergarten his weight shot to almost 60 in a year. He had absolutely no change in what he ate at home - which was good things like fruit, yoguart, a nice dinner. He's always ate healthy but they give them snacks and all this at school which made him gain weight. You can't ALWAYS blame the parents for kids being overweight. I watch what my son is eating. If I didn't he would eat constanly - he tries to sneak food and everything. I think this is because they are always giving snacks and this and that at school. I am NOT letting him get overweight and he's lost 10 pounds putting him in the 80th something percentile. His doctor even told me to get his weight down. I do not want a life of struggling for him and make him feel bad when kids put him down for being overweight. My son did not look overweight either but being over the maximum percentile for weight of children his age put me to work to get that weight off him. It's not just about looks - it's about HEALTH too. Mom's don't pick what the school gives - the STATE does.

Usually it's not a diet that's unhealthy. If the child is overweight it's because they are eating too much or not healthy things. I think society has completely backwards to think it's okay that it's healthy to give kids cake, but put them on a diet or make them eat more healthy and then it's bad, unhealthy and a "fad". Better to take care of the problem when the child is younger than let them blow up out of control and have a lifetime of being overweigh with serious health problems, not to mention the torment they will go through at school from other kids who are judgemental.

We take my son on walks every night - as a family. He eats good at our house. Sometimes you can't just loose the weight with those things and a diet IS needed.

Definately yes for dieting and eating better when the child is overweight. The problem should be fixed as soon as possible.

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The definition of the verb "diet" is to 'restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight'. Nothing about that definition is normal or healthy for a young child. Telling your 7 year old that she is going on a diet to lose weight will do nothing but cause long-lasting food issues, which could range anywhere from anorexia (malnutrition) all the way to food hoarding/binging (obesity).

Parents who eat healthy themselves and set a good example for their children are much less likely to have overweight children. If you are keeping soda, oreos, and bags of chips in the house and telling your child that it's okay for you to eat them but not them, then what kind of message does that send?

Some of the best things parents can do to encourage healthy kids are: cooking WHOLESOME (not Hamburger Helper) family dinners, packing school lunches and encouraging lots of outdoor physical activity.

Catch a number of zzz’s. Lack of sleep yields the hormone ghrelin, an urge for food booster. Tiredness will almost certainly mean you’ll skip your morning swim or evening jog and commence craving sugar, bad carbs as well as caffeine. Commit to a regular sleep pattern and experience the transformation it's going to have on your ability to lean.

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Right or Wrong Vera,

It's the mothers prerogative to do so ?

She must take responsibility for bad choices if it affects the little one ?

Great Question.

Best Wishes.

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Studies.

Warm side up please. Two eggs for breakfast is preferable to a bagel in relation to managing your weight, says a written report from the International Journal regarding Obesity.

Green tea: This powerful antioxidant can adjust fat and ramp up your metabolism by 20 per cent.

thats cruel.I agree that junk food is not good for health,(adults or children )but

its very yummy and if parents want their children to avoid junk foods and get in ''shape'',they should replace it with a better diet.like fruits..etc.

its all about eating what's good for our health .