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1. Make it easy for her, and don't keep sugary things in the house. Institute portion control for dessert, no second helpings, etc.

2. I'm French and lived in different European countries. 
I don't get the American fear of "body image issues". It's wonderful and useful to talk about core muscles, but if a 9 year old's squishy belly bulges out of his or her pants, then you should talk about it. 
Why deny that body shape is important to one's self-esteem/confidence and how others perceive us? From that perspective, it is actually just as important as health. 
Tiptoeing around food issues and personal appearance hasn't helped the average American waistline. I would be caring but direct and offer help.[/quote]

+1. there is no sense in pretending that overeating junk food doesn't cause fat. It's a fact. Today's parents are afraid to hurt their DC's feelings by helping them understand this fact? No wonder there is a childhood obesity problem in this country.[/quote]

+100 People have gone way overboard on this whole fear of body image thing.  It's very difficult to have a child lose weight if you can't even talk about it.  I was an overweight child and my mom helped me lose weight by cutting out junk and helping me increase my exercise.  There was no tippy toeing around the issue by just discussing being healthy in general.  Most kids don't really care about that anyway.  She would say in no uncertain terms that eating junk and lack of exercise makes people fat.  I'm extremely grateful that my mother nixed my weight issue in the bud.  I went on to become a normal sized teen and adult, and no I never developed an eating disorder.[/quote]

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