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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want my DS to understand that there are serious health risks to being overweight and that it is not "normal" to have a BMI above his healthy range. I want him to understand that t[b]here is really nothing beautiful about being an unhealthy weight [/b]and that he (like myself and DH) needs to be active to keep weight under control (not skinny, by any means - I wish - but within a healthy range).

But I fear that if he knows that being overweight or obese is not good, he will recognize that kids he goes to school with are unhealthy and say something that is considered bullying by the new, overly-zealous bullying standards. In light of the obesity epidemic and the number of very young children I see now who are overweight, if not obese, I think it is likely that he will have to navigate issues that we simply didn't when we were in school and kids were much healthier.

Does anyone have any advice for how to strike the balance to make sure my child understands that although it is very serious and unhealthy for children (and really anyone) to be overweight or obese, he needs to be very careful of what he says (even if it's the sad truth) or else he may find himself in trouble?[/quote]

OMG! First you have to totally change your own horrible attitude!  [/quote]

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