9.5-yo DS has 32.5-in waist. WWYD?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would declare a "Healthy Family" initiative. You tell everyone that the family needs to eat more healthy and exercise more.

1. For nutirtion: No more chips, candy, cookies, or soda in the house. Juice is limited to 1 small glass a day. Water and skim milk or tea the rest of the time. Meals are focused on small servings of protein and large servings of fruits and vegetables. Limit or eliminate breads and potatoes and rice. No fast food. No pizza. No processed or microwave entrees. (Microwave vegetables are fine.) I'd allow treats twice a week (say Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday) -- a small serving of ice cream would be my family's first choice. If he wants to snack, veggies and dip or air-popped popcorn.

2. Exercise -- kids need 1 hour of exercise per day, every day. You can help him get this by committing to a 1/2 hour family walk every day. You can also help him find a sport or a physical activity that he likes to do -- swimming, basketball, dance, parkour, running, soccer, karate, whatever. Start experimenting with classes and see what he likes. When he finds something he likes, encourage him to do it every day. Practice makes perfect!

wait, how many 9/10 yo still drink juice? one glass of a day? who does that anymore?

Mine. As does my 14 yr old. Orange, grapefruit, cherry. Whatever. They mix it with seltzer water.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a 9 and a half year old son too and I don't have the slightest clue what waist size he is. Why do you OP? What is his height/weight?

Maybe because she is concerned about his weight and health?

So talk to the pediatrician and don't measure his waist and then post on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would declare a "Healthy Family" initiative. You tell everyone that the family needs to eat more healthy and exercise more.

1. For nutirtion: No more chips, candy, cookies, or soda in the house. Juice is limited to 1 small glass a day. Water and skim milk or tea the rest of the time. Meals are focused on small servings of protein and large servings of fruits and vegetables. Limit or eliminate breads and potatoes and rice. No fast food. No pizza. No processed or microwave entrees. (Microwave vegetables are fine.) I'd allow treats twice a week (say Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday) -- a small serving of ice cream would be my family's first choice. If he wants to snack, veggies and dip or air-popped popcorn.

2. Exercise -- kids need 1 hour of exercise per day, every day. You can help him get this by committing to a 1/2 hour family walk every day. You can also help him find a sport or a physical activity that he likes to do -- swimming, basketball, dance, parkour, running, soccer, karate, whatever. Start experimenting with classes and see what he likes. When he finds something he likes, encourage him to do it every day. Practice makes perfect!

wait, how many 9/10 yo still drink juice? one glass of a day? who does that anymore?

Mine. As does my 14 yr old. Orange, grapefruit, cherry. Whatever. They mix it with seltzer water.

My kids (12 and 10) drink orange juice in the morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would declare a "Healthy Family" initiative. You tell everyone that the family needs to eat more healthy and exercise more.

1. For nutirtion: No more chips, candy, cookies, or soda in the house. Juice is limited to 1 small glass a day. Water and skim milk or tea the rest of the time. Meals are focused on small servings of protein and large servings of fruits and vegetables. Limit or eliminate breads and potatoes and rice. No fast food. No pizza. No processed or microwave entrees. (Microwave vegetables are fine.) I'd allow treats twice a week (say Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday) -- a small serving of ice cream would be my family's first choice. If he wants to snack, veggies and dip or air-popped popcorn.

2. Exercise -- kids need 1 hour of exercise per day, every day. You can help him get this by committing to a 1/2 hour family walk every day. You can also help him find a sport or a physical activity that he likes to do -- swimming, basketball, dance, parkour, running, soccer, karate, whatever. Start experimenting with classes and see what he likes. When he finds something he likes, encourage him to do it every day. Practice makes perfect!

Whole grain breads, potatoes, and rice are relatively healthy.

Also, for everyone who is saying "eliminate" and "no more" processed foods, sweets that this is ridiculous. Unless someone has a health issue like diabetes, things in moderation is a much healthier and realistic approach.

People who overeat frequently overeat on white rice and bread and bagels and pastry and fried potatoes. They binge on that stuff. Safer to eliminate it while getting the weight under control and then add it slowly in healthy ways.

This kid has a health issue and will have diabetes as an adult if they don't get his under control. No more processed foods. Sweets twice a week. It is absolutely a realistic approach. My family eats this way all the time.

You have no idea what you are talking about. And you certainly don't know if the child has a health issue.

An average size 10 year old with a 32 inch waist is overweight and probably obese. He has a health problem. He is being set up for a lifetime of other problems -- hypertension, diabetes, joint problems, infertility, stroke, heart disease, early death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would declare a "Healthy Family" initiative. You tell everyone that the family needs to eat more healthy and exercise more.

1. For nutirtion: No more chips, candy, cookies, or soda in the house. Juice is limited to 1 small glass a day. Water and skim milk or tea the rest of the time. Meals are focused on small servings of protein and large servings of fruits and vegetables. Limit or eliminate breads and potatoes and rice. No fast food. No pizza. No processed or microwave entrees. (Microwave vegetables are fine.) I'd allow treats twice a week (say Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday) -- a small serving of ice cream would be my family's first choice. If he wants to snack, veggies and dip or air-popped popcorn.

2. Exercise -- kids need 1 hour of exercise per day, every day. You can help him get this by committing to a 1/2 hour family walk every day. You can also help him find a sport or a physical activity that he likes to do -- swimming, basketball, dance, parkour, running, soccer, karate, whatever. Start experimenting with classes and see what he likes. When he finds something he likes, encourage him to do it every day. Practice makes perfect!

I don't usually associate "putting whole categories of food off limits" with "healthy eating".

I bet you don't. What's YOUR waist size?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't you people buy your children pants??? How do you NOT know your son's waist size? Perhaps all your kids wear sweat pants, but don't be concerned that some kids don't.

Gap, Children's Place, etc. just go by age-size. My kids pretty much follow the sizes--at 8 wear an 8, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would declare a "Healthy Family" initiative. You tell everyone that the family needs to eat more healthy and exercise more.

1. For nutirtion: No more chips, candy, cookies, or soda in the house. Juice is limited to 1 small glass a day. Water and skim milk or tea the rest of the time. Meals are focused on small servings of protein and large servings of fruits and vegetables. Limit or eliminate breads and potatoes and rice. No fast food. No pizza. No processed or microwave entrees. (Microwave vegetables are fine.) I'd allow treats twice a week (say Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday) -- a small serving of ice cream would be my family's first choice. If he wants to snack, veggies and dip or air-popped popcorn.

2. Exercise -- kids need 1 hour of exercise per day, every day. You can help him get this by committing to a 1/2 hour family walk every day. You can also help him find a sport or a physical activity that he likes to do -- swimming, basketball, dance, parkour, running, soccer, karate, whatever. Start experimenting with classes and see what he likes. When he finds something he likes, encourage him to do it every day. Practice makes perfect!

I don't usually associate "putting whole categories of food off limits" with "healthy eating".

I bet you don't. What's YOUR waist size?

well, my waist size is a 29, and I agree with the bolded text.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would declare a "Healthy Family" initiative. You tell everyone that the family needs to eat more healthy and exercise more.

1. For nutirtion: No more chips, candy, cookies, or soda in the house. Juice is limited to 1 small glass a day. Water and skim milk or tea the rest of the time. Meals are focused on small servings of protein and large servings of fruits and vegetables. Limit or eliminate breads and potatoes and rice. No fast food. No pizza. No processed or microwave entrees. (Microwave vegetables are fine.) I'd allow treats twice a week (say Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday) -- a small serving of ice cream would be my family's first choice. If he wants to snack, veggies and dip or air-popped popcorn.

2. Exercise -- kids need 1 hour of exercise per day, every day. You can help him get this by committing to a 1/2 hour family walk every day. You can also help him find a sport or a physical activity that he likes to do -- swimming, basketball, dance, parkour, running, soccer, karate, whatever. Start experimenting with classes and see what he likes. When he finds something he likes, encourage him to do it every day. Practice makes perfect!

Whole grain breads, potatoes, and rice are relatively healthy.

Also, for everyone who is saying "eliminate" and "no more" processed foods, sweets that this is ridiculous. Unless someone has a health issue like diabetes, things in moderation is a much healthier and realistic approach.

People who overeat frequently overeat on white rice and bread and bagels and pastry and fried potatoes. They binge on that stuff. Safer to eliminate it while getting the weight under control and then add it slowly in healthy ways.

This kid has a health issue and will have diabetes as an adult if they don't get his under control. No more processed foods. Sweets twice a week. It is absolutely a realistic approach. My family eats this way all the time.

You have no idea what you are talking about. And you certainly don't know if the child has a health issue.

An average size 10 year old with a 32 inch waist is overweight and probably obese. He has a health problem. He is being set up for a lifetime of other problems -- hypertension, diabetes, joint problems, infertility, stroke, heart disease, early death.

this kid WILL have diabetes??? please . yes, the *risk* is higher, but you made it sound like all overweight people are unhealthy and all overweight kids are doomed for life, which is utterly false.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't you people buy your children pants??? How do you NOT know your son's waist size? Perhaps all your kids wear sweat pants, but don't be concerned that some kids don't.

Gap, Children's Place, etc. just go by age-size. My kids pretty much follow the sizes--at 8 wear an 8, etc.

Sometimes when you buy online, and aren't sure what size to get, there is something called a "size chart." Have you never seen this? Sometimes the size chart goes by waist size, among other measurements.

I don't believe those sizes are necessarily "age-size." My son, who has always been in the 50th percentile for height and weight, usually needs a size up from his age. Sometime people need to check the size chart to determine what to buy.

[Anonymous]

all these questions on who do or don't know their kids waist size are so dumb.

allow me to rephrase OP's title for you: my 9.5-yo wears size 14/16 pants - WWYD?

better? now, share your 0.02 worth of advice, please?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would declare a "Healthy Family" initiative. You tell everyone that the family needs to eat more healthy and exercise more.

1. For nutirtion: No more chips, candy, cookies, or soda in the house. Juice is limited to 1 small glass a day. Water and skim milk or tea the rest of the time. Meals are focused on small servings of protein and large servings of fruits and vegetables. Limit or eliminate breads and potatoes and rice. No fast food. No pizza. No processed or microwave entrees. (Microwave vegetables are fine.) I'd allow treats twice a week (say Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday) -- a small serving of ice cream would be my family's first choice. If he wants to snack, veggies and dip or air-popped popcorn.

2. Exercise -- kids need 1 hour of exercise per day, every day. You can help him get this by committing to a 1/2 hour family walk every day. You can also help him find a sport or a physical activity that he likes to do -- swimming, basketball, dance, parkour, running, soccer, karate, whatever. Start experimenting with classes and see what he likes. When he finds something he likes, encourage him to do it every day. Practice makes perfect!

Whole grain breads, potatoes, and rice are relatively healthy.

Also, for everyone who is saying "eliminate" and "no more" processed foods, sweets that this is ridiculous. Unless someone has a health issue like diabetes, things in moderation is a much healthier and realistic approach.

People who overeat frequently overeat on white rice and bread and bagels and pastry and fried potatoes. They binge on that stuff. Safer to eliminate it while getting the weight under control and then add it slowly in healthy ways.

This kid has a health issue and will have diabetes as an adult if they don't get his under control. No more processed foods. Sweets twice a week. It is absolutely a realistic approach. My family eats this way all the time.

You have no idea what you are talking about. And you certainly don't know if the child has a health issue.

An average size 10 year old with a 32 inch waist is overweight and probably obese. He has a health problem. He is being set up for a lifetime of other problems -- hypertension, diabetes, joint problems, infertility, stroke, heart disease, early death.

this kid WILL have diabetes??? please . yes, the *risk* is higher, but you made it sound like all overweight people are unhealthy and all overweight kids are doomed for life, which is utterly false.

Obese people ARE unhealthy.

[Anonymous]

Google "Ellyn Satter".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Obese people ARE unhealthy.

That's not true, actually. Certainly there are health risks associated with obesity. But that doesn't mean that all obese people are by definition unhealthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would declare a "Healthy Family" initiative. You tell everyone that the family needs to eat more healthy and exercise more.

1. For nutirtion: No more chips, candy, cookies, or soda in the house. Juice is limited to 1 small glass a day. Water and skim milk or tea the rest of the time. Meals are focused on small servings of protein and large servings of fruits and vegetables. Limit or eliminate breads and potatoes and rice. No fast food. No pizza. No processed or microwave entrees. (Microwave vegetables are fine.) I'd allow treats twice a week (say Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday) -- a small serving of ice cream would be my family's first choice. If he wants to snack, veggies and dip or air-popped popcorn.

2. Exercise -- kids need 1 hour of exercise per day, every day. You can help him get this by committing to a 1/2 hour family walk every day. You can also help him find a sport or a physical activity that he likes to do -- swimming, basketball, dance, parkour, running, soccer, karate, whatever. Start experimenting with classes and see what he likes. When he finds something he likes, encourage him to do it every day. Practice makes perfect!

Whole grain breads, potatoes, and rice are relatively healthy.

Also, for everyone who is saying "eliminate" and "no more" processed foods, sweets that this is ridiculous. Unless someone has a health issue like diabetes, things in moderation is a much healthier and realistic approach.

People who overeat frequently overeat on white rice and bread and bagels and pastry and fried potatoes. They binge on that stuff. Safer to eliminate it while getting the weight under control and then add it slowly in healthy ways.

This kid has a health issue and will have diabetes as an adult if they don't get his under control. No more processed foods. Sweets twice a week. It is absolutely a realistic approach. My family eats this way all the time.

You have no idea what you are talking about. And you certainly don't know if the child has a health issue.

An average size 10 year old with a 32 inch waist is overweight and probably obese. He has a health problem. He is being set up for a lifetime of other problems -- hypertension, diabetes, joint problems, infertility, stroke, heart disease, early death.

this kid WILL have diabetes??? please . yes, the *risk* is higher, but you made it sound like all overweight people are unhealthy and all overweight kids are doomed for life, which is utterly false.

Being overweight is unhealthy. Period. There is not "fat but fit," just fat. Being fat is a health problem, in an of itself. People who try to convince themselves otherwise are wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Obese people ARE unhealthy.

That's not true, actually. Certainly there are health risks associated with obesity. But that doesn't mean that all obese people are by definition unhealthy.

Yeah, it does. It's a syndrome, like high blood pressure. It can take years to feel the effects of obesity, but that doesn't mean it isn't doing tremendous damage to the body.