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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dh was fat as a kid and teen. He has often said he wishes his parents would have helped him by teaching him about nutrition and fitness. You all are doing your kids a real disservice. [/quote]

Not really.[b] Studies show that all the education in nutrition and exercise in the world doesn’t really matter that much; most people have very little control over their weight[/b]. That’s why the new recommendations for pediatric obesity involve medication or even bariatric surgery for teenagers. The chances are high that even if his parents had tried everything to intervene it wouldn’t have mattered. It didn’t for me, I remained and remain obese despite my parents pressing the issue very very hard and trying to control my eating and exercise, taking me to doctors and nutritionist. Nothing they did helped me become a thin adult but it did really mess me up emotionally.

There was an episode today on this topic on The Daily podcast. I highly recommend your DH listen to it, it may help him accept that his parents didn’t do him a disservice at all. [/quote]

Wow, what?  Such depressing victim mentality.  Most people DO have control over their weight.

I lost 40 pounds on WW and have kept it off for a decade.  It was incredibly difficult and I still work at it daily.

And there are plenty of people who have lost MORE weight than that and have kept it off without surgery or meds.  [/quote]

Meh, I believe you but the data simply doesn’t reflect your anecdotes. It is depressing but it is reality. I encourage you to listen to the podcast I mentioned. [/quote]

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