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Should parents be an example to their children on proper nutrition?

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This is the same for parents who tell their children not to smoke while they puff away in their faces. That is why children do not follow their parents. If you are fat then it is likely your children will be too.

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i dont want to be fat! my mom and dad are though so am i going to be fat

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i dont want to be fat! my mom and dad are though so am i going to be fat

I can say that if you watch your diet and exercise you will not get fat.

With regards to the topic, I found this article from Deseret News:

OBESITY, RAISED BIRTH-DEFECT RISK LINKED
Obese and overweight women face significantly increased risks of having babies
with heart abnormalities and other birth defects, according to a government
study.
https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...33204%2C00.html

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When i was younger my dad used to always complane about my weight, and tell me that i shouldn't each junk food. What else will a kid eat if all they find in the house is junk food?...kids eat what there perants cook, maybe if my mom had cooked healthy food i would have eaten healthy.
My dad used to say i was fat and that i never got proper excersise, yet he was the one who never provided the facilities for me... all he could ever do what complane.
Perants have to realize that children need proper large tasty meals as they are growing! if you dont feed them enough healthy food that they find tasy, then they will still be hungry; and munch on junk food.

The most important thing is excersise most kids in a family all eat the same food so why are some fatter than others? I think the ones who sit down reading are more likelly to be fat the the ones who are out doing sports, its all about how much energy they burn from what they eat, not what they eat...
a matter of changing a life style, you will be surprised infact at how many fat children say that they dont even eat that much, and some children say they never stop eating but yet they are skinny...
prehaps the ones who eat more encrease there matabolism, i really think a healthy life style is the key to loosing weight for most healthy children...

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What else will a kid eat if all they find in the house is junk food?

Actually the whole system of fat comes from the way we were trained from an early age to like fattening stuff; meats, sugars, flour, butter, etc.  I met two young girls, they are vegetarians, they have no crave for meat at all. They said KFC does not tempt them in the least, neither does hamburgers because they were not brought up on them, neither did their parents eat it. Therefore it is not a problem and they are of course slim.

PUT GOOD FOODS IN MACHINES
What's for lunch? For some high school and junior high kids in Utah schools,
it's a Coke and a candy bar. I'm not just quoting statistics, I'm speaking as a
mom with four teenagers.
https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...48107%2C00.html

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Actually the whole system of fat comes from the way we were trained from an early age to like fattening stuff; meats, sugars, flour, butter, etc.

Yes, that's part of it, and as you mentioned before, if the parents are obese, so will the children be.  Another problem in the U.S. is the "food pyramid" that is so popular, but probably incorrect.  I read recently about the diabetes influence on people at earlier and earlier ages.  What I read (I can't remember where, exactly) stated that because we (in the U.S.) eat so much *over processed* foods, that our bodies don't need to do much to digest it.  That most of these foods turn to sugar almost immediately, rather than having to be broken down into sugar through digestion (one example given was white bread, which literally turns to sugar while still being chewed).  The article recommended going back to whole foods - as close to their natural state as possible.  Whole grains, whole fruits, nuts, seeds, fresh vegetables, etc.  That the process of digesting the fiber and other nutrients in these whole, fresh foods will lessen the effects of the sugar in our systems and reverse the effects of this "early" diabetes.

Interesting.  Now I wish I could remember where I read it!!!

Roz

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OBESE CHILDREN NEED HELP FROM PARENTS TO WIN FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES

She is 24 months old, and her tiny frame is struggling to support her. Doctors say getting her to a healthy weight means that she cannot gain a single pound for the next three years. She is not an anomaly.
Ref. https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...00119%2C00.html