| The best diet for teens are well balanced healthy | | | | make up stories why they cannot go to school on a |
| eating diets. If you tease an overweight child about | | | | particular day. You may find out later that it was |
| their weight it may lead to unhealthy eating behaviour | | | | sports day and that they did not want to be |
| during their teenage years. Studies have shown that | | | | embarrassed in front of their peers. It is never to late |
| up to 40 percent of chubby 4 year children become | | | | to start a healthy eating diet plan and set a good |
| overweight as adults. And also 60 percent of | | | | example for your children. |
| teenagers. Teasing children and teens about their | | | | As parents you maybe overweight yourselves. |
| weight could cause them to have a very low esteem | | | | Encourage your teens to join you in a healthy eating |
| about their body image and encourage them to try | | | | diet plan. Eating well is just the first step towards a |
| dangerous pills, fad diets or starvation diets and | | | | healthier lifestyle, but it is the biggest step. Losing |
| skipping meals. | | | | weight is 80 percent diet and 20 percent exercise. |
| You have probably noticed yourself that a lot of fat, | | | | Help your teens to begin losing weight first, they will |
| overweight or obese teens always seem to be happy | | | | start feeling better about themselves and then they will |
| on the outside. They try not to show how they are | | | | feel like being more active which is the next step |
| really feeling on the inside. They do not tell you that | | | | towards their lifestyle challenge. |
| they are being teased or bullied at school. Teenagers | | | | |