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ObesityWhat you need to know:When considering the problems of children and weight, it’s essential to avoid creating obsessions and pushing your child into eating disorders. All children love the high-fat, high-sugar burgers, chips, milk shakes and ice creams and if your house is always full of junk food, that’s what they’ll eat given the chance. Small children don’t get fat through choice; they’re fattened by the hand that feeds them. Don’t give in to pester power. Don’t put those extra six packets of crisps, three packets of doughnuts and extra packets of sweets and biscuits into your shopping trolley. Children can be faddy about their food, but for most it’s a passing phase and the ‘nothing but fish finger’ normally passes when they start socialising with other youngsters. Just make sure that you provide plenty of the good carbohydrates, sensible amounts of protein and as wide a variety as possible of fruits and vegetables. Don’t be temped to give skimmed or semi-skimmed milk to the under-fives, but do try to avoid frequent meals of high fat, processed meat products like sausages and burgers.It’s also vital to encourage them to exercise, so try to do some sort of exercise with your children as often as you can. Being sent to your room used to be a punishment, but with younger children getting their own computers, TV’s and videos, keeping them out of their bedrooms has become a problem. Try to get yours out of their bedrooms and into the garden or local park and encourage an interest is some form of sport as long it’s physical, it doesn’t matter what. |
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