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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Let Your Children Chew the Fat

Recent studies have found that diet foods and diet drinks may actually increase a child's risk of becoming overweight or obese, as may a parent's efforts to "push" healthy foods. The unfortunate result of these types of weight-control tactics is that children lose the ability to regulate their own eating.
"What seems to happen when children are exposed to this sort of parental behavior, says Goyder, is that internal hunger cues become confused. Pressure to eat certain foods and to avoid others leads to 'uninhibited eating and weight gain, particularly among girls' as they eventually fail to recognize satiety."
Instead, experts suggest that parents lead by example, eating healthy food in reasonable quantities and enjoying desserts (also in moderation). Read more at TimesOnline.co.uk.

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Labels: parenting, healthy_eating, influences

Posted By: Aspen Education Group