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[quote=Anonymous]Do not say anything. Start working on your own complex around "skinny" vs "larger" and focus on behaviors instead of body. Make your family life active if you think her activity level has dropped and you think it would be healthy and enjoyable for her to have more activity in her life, not because you want to change her body. She is 10, covid or not her body will/would change over the next few years - often as puberty gets closer this happens and evens out over time, but your focus should not be on changing her body or keeping her body a certain way. Bodies change over time. Keep your focus on creating habits as a family that focus on eating as many meals as you can together, ideally at structured and predictable times. Snacks being structured can also be helpful instead of grazing. It helps you listen to your body better. Your goal is to help her learn how to listen to her body, find joy in movement, so her behaviors lead to overall health. Not focused on her body which is impacted by so many things - puberty, genetics, etc. Focusing on changing bodies or keeping our body a certain way often doesn't lead to healthful behaviors, but more restriction which often backfires. Kids eat in color on instagram has some recent posts on weight and kids, and her highlight on it has some good tips. While her kids are young, her approaches work for all ages of kids and are well supported by research on how to raise healthy kids that enjoy food, know how to listen to their body, etc.[/quote]

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