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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guarantee you will give her a lifelong weight complex if you bring it up. Honestly how would you feel if she got an eating disorder?

If her pediatrician   isn’t worried at her annual checkups you shouldn’t be worried either. [/quote]

Oh sorry I didn’t see that the pediatrician said something

Honestly I would consider a different pediatrician. A pot belly sounds totally normal. If two say there is an issue, okay. But even then, be so careful about encouraging her to focus on weight in any way at all. Dieting leads to weight gain and I’m guessing that’s the last thing you want. [/quote]

Better to be fat than sad, according to you.

Children's weight is something that parents can affect.  When a pediatrician brings it up, then listen.  Don't dump the doctor and find a different one.  [/quote]

Yes it’s better to be fat than sad. And it’s called getting a second opinion, people do it all the time. [/quote]

Forty percent of adults are obese and an additional 30% are overweight.  Twenty percent of children are obese.

Why do you assume that the doctor was wrong to notice the child's weight or weight gain?  It's a very touchy subject and many doctors will ignore overweight/obesity.  Few will point it out incorrectly.  [/quote]

The question is what is to be done about obesity? Everybody is on a diet, everybody knows that they shouldn’t be sedentary and eat junk, the fitness industry is booming, but the problem of obesity keeps growing (pun not intended). Whatever the medical community is doing isn’t working. Most of the time it just backfires and gives people anxiety about their appearance which they soothe by eating. Or they rebel against somebody telling them what to eat by...eating.

My pediatrician just asks my kids what they like to eat and what kinds of activities they’re doing. My daughter has a high BMI but she is very active and likes broccoli so we aren’t worried. No focus on weight or her pot belly. [/quote]

Agreed pp - my nutritionist said that the solution is to focus on behaviors, instead of focusing on weight. Behaviors are usually actually a better indicator of health anyway (for example, activity level is a more accurate indicator of a lot of things we consider health indicators than weight is). Focusing on behaviors (eating nutritious food that you enjoy until you are full and most of the time not more than that, being active, drinking water etc) will usually lead to better health than focusing on weight that like you said often leads to shame and for some overeating or other restricting which just means not enough nutrition so still not great.[/quote]

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