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The most important things you can do are:

1. Take a medical approach. Sit down with your teen, list and describe all the family members who are obese and have developed weight-related disease. Describe the pain and suffering involved in detail. Then point out that other countries have much lower rates of obesity and explain how poor nutrition and a junk food lifestyle are causally linked to weight gain. Laying it all out will have an effect, perhaps not immediately, but your child will remember it.

2. Can you help her get a job NOT near fast food?

3. She might gain weight for a while, but all is not lost. If she's smart and has listened to you, at some point she will begin to care about her health and looks, and will act accordingly. It might take a few years.[/quote]

Haha, yeah, because a teenager is really going to listen to your stories about pain and suffering.  And #2 is unrealistic, most jobs are accessible to some sort of fast food, or junk food (and many offices your child will eventually work in will have more junk food available than a 7-11). Any teen with access to a car or public transit has access to fast food. And they will have tons of access in a year or two when they move away. [/quote]

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