Stop the Obesity Epidemic -Feed Your Child Healthy Food!

By Chloe Xanthis, published Dec 19, 2006
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According to the American Obesity Association 30.3% of children ages six to eleven are overweight, and 15.3% are obese. These are some pretty disturbing numbers, as the American Obesity Association also claims that "excess weight in childhood has been found to predict overweight in adults." So I'm wondering why we still continue to set ourselves up the battle with obesity by feeding our babies and children mountains of junk food. Did you know that potato chips and french fries are the most common vegetables that a toddler eats? Or that Gerber makes Macaroni-And-Cheese baby food as well as baby food desserts packed with sugar? Or that on any given day 30% of the children in America will eat fast food (www.drgreene.com) So I ask you, Is this really what you want your child to be eating?

 
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Stop the Obesity Epidemic -Feed Your Child Healthy Food!

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  • Obesity percentages for children in America are too high.
  • Start your children off with healthy eating habits by choosing the right foods from infancy.
  • If you have older children, work to change thier eating habits to more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
Did You Know?
A McDonald's Happy Meal including a Cheeseburger, small french fries, and a 1% milk jug has 670 calories and 28 grams of fat. A toddler needs around 1,300 calories- so that is over half the required calories in ONE meal!
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Fast food under a year is child abuse. At 7 months, an infant should be just starting to sample healthy solid foods, not irradiated fast packed with preservatives, byproducts, and chemicals. At 2 my dd's favorite food was broccoli. I can't even begin to tell you how quickly she developed an affinity for candy and peanut butter cups after the grandparents introduced them. I'm just glad that she will flat out refuse a food if she doesn't want it. As a kid, I ate anything that was offered to me even if I didn't want it.

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Posted on 12/30/2006 at 3:12:00 PM

 
My daughter's favorite foods at 10 months are asparagus and acai/pomegranate all fruit spread on whole wheat toast! :P

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Posted on 12/20/2006 at 2:12:00 AM

 
Good article. I probably give my kids way too much junk food, but I do try to feed them a balanced diet. Most people can't believe that my kids will eat most vegetables and that my daughter will take fruit over sweets any day. We do eat fast food one day a week, Wednesday (church night).

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Posted on 12/20/2006 at 1:12:00 AM

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