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[quote=Anonymous]While I think you did a good job being wiling to hear the doctor's advice that your child was obese, you should really keep in mind if your daughter needs 90 minutes of exercise every day to maintain her weight, when she goes through a period of not exercising she will re-gain weight. My nephew eats vast quantities of fruits and vegetables and is still obese. His mother doesn't understand why.

I think at the same time you promote eating fruits and veggies, if there is a family history of obesity you must at times restrict food.Both my husband and I have obesity on both sides and have struggled with weight.  By restricting  I mean we don'tl let our kids eat a third slice of pizza unless we just went on a very long hike or did other exercise. We don't encourage seconds.  We have always said wait 30 minutes then if you are still hungry you can eat more. If we eat a late lunch and we are all going to bed early,  we don't prepare  dinner and the kids only eat if they ask for food- and then it is a really light meal. Half the time they don't because we are all still full from big lunch with dessert like pie and Ice cream. If they don't want to eat breakfast, then we never encourage it or force eating. My kids are the only normal weight kids now at 12 and 14 amongst their 10 cousins on both sides of the family

I think the most important thing they have learned is that it is ok to not eat if you aren't hungry. If you have really worked up an appetite, it is ok to eat a lot of food but then it will probably be a while until you are hungry again- so listen to your body don't rely on the clock or others to tell you when to eat.[/quote]

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