| Obesity in school aged kids is out of control. It is the | | | | children healthy food and monitor what they eat, this |
| parent responsibility to establish limits and control the | | | | will help your child in the long run. |
| amount of food the child eat, children lack this ability. | | | | It is important as parents that we take more |
| Here are some tips that will help you keep track of | | | | responsibility to ensure healthy living for our children |
| your child's food and eating regimen and help him fight | | | | and to ensure they eat enough so they are healthy |
| childhood obesity. By eating poorly and not having | | | | and they grow up eating healthy foods, we must |
| good eating habits will effect the eating habits of your | | | | understand what is healthy weight and what is weight |
| child and will lead to being lazy and becoming heavier | | | | that is leading to becoming obese. Yes they need to |
| and unhealthy. Your entire family will benefit from | | | | eat enough to be healthy and to grow properly, but we |
| eating healthy eating and physical activity. As a parent | | | | must know where to draw the line between what is a |
| you need to take a role in trying to create good habits | | | | healthy weight and what is excessive weight. As |
| and help your children establish healthy eating and | | | | parents, we can not take the stand that it is healthy |
| exercising rituals, this will help in the long run. | | | | for our children to be round and plump. |
| Child obesity has lead to a number of other health | | | | One reason: children have increased the amount of |
| related issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, | | | | calories they eat each day by as many as 300. Did |
| and heart disease from the combination of improper | | | | you know that more than 60% of American youth eat |
| nutrition and lack of exercise. For the sake of her | | | | too many fatty foods, and less than 20% eat the |
| child's health both as a child and throughout his or her | | | | recommended five or more servings of fruits and |
| life, breastfeeding is the very best possible thing you | | | | vegetables per day. A journal is just a tool for you to |
| can do when your child is young. A recent study in | | | | help your child eat better. |
| obesity suggests that children who are breastfed by | | | | Many of the foods children are eating today are fried |
| their mothers during the first year of life are less likely | | | | or fast food type. To keep your children healthy and at |
| to develop obesity as they get older. | | | | an acceptable weight make the meals yourself so you |
| If you are concerned about your child possibly being | | | | know what you are putting into the food, you are able |
| overweight then you need to decide whether the | | | | to control the portions of food and include healthy |
| excess weight is part of a growth pattern that may | | | | types of food like vegetables, fruit and many other |
| change over time or whether there is a weight | | | | types of food. |
| problem. Forget all the drugs and diets, feed your | | | | |