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[quote=Anonymous][quote]It amazes me that for all the "healthy" eating people claim to do, obesity rates are soaring. The number of fat kids in D.C. was one of the first things I noticed when we moved here. And people don't even realize that their kids are fat.

My kids are older...college and beyond. They ate junk food in moderation throughout their childhood. None of them are even the slightest bit overweight. The kids who grew up in homes where junk food was either "a rare treat" or forbidden altogether absolutely ballooned up in college.

So...if y'all are doing your kids such a huge service by ensuring their lips never touch the dreaded Fruit Loop, how come so many of them are(1) Fat. (2) Allergic to the whole world (3) pale and weak looking????? 
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I have to agree.  That which is forbidden has a strong pull.  My food obsessed friends have kids who go crazy with the junk food as soon as their patents are out sight--it hasn't been pretty.  We taught our kids the concept  of everything in moderation and 9.5 times out of 10 they make the healthy choice.  Their friend's parents marvel that they usually pass up refined sweets for asparagus and broccoli.  I am a vegetarian, but I don't push that on my kids.  Op you need to ask yourself is this really is really about or health or just  control.  I took a more relaxed attitude, I guess. An occasional day of eating crap wasn't going to kill my kids, and the fun of something out of the ordinary with grandpa or their friends wasn't a big deal in the grand scheme of life.  We modeled healthy choices (most of the time, anyway) at home and that is what has stuck now that they are teens.  Food is the one thing your kids are going to be able to control.  Don't be so unreasonable that you inadvertently create an eating disorder or damage relations with family members.  I know too many who have been there and done that...[/quote]

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