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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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. 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. 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]

This makes no sense unless you disclose what you were eating each day and your activity level.

Stop this nonsense about how you just have no idea why you were obese. People are obese because they overeat, overeat the wrong calories (sugar carbs, fat), and don’t get a base level of activity output per day.

If you ignore that basic fact and skip right to meds, stomach stapling, hormones, you’re and idiot. Get on noom, and own it: everything that goes into your month. Write it down. Think about why you’re an eating agin, what yours eating. Empty processed food calories again? Write it down. Go over it yourself. Take baby step incremental changes. Have a goal for 6 and 12 months. Do it. [/quote]

I mean, I was a child. 8 years old. Obviously I was overeating, but why? Most kids can regulate. [/quote]

Most kids cannot regulate until age 12, and that’s in conjunction with learning about and practicing well balanced diets, portion size and limited bad foods. Athletes learn very quickly how sickening it can feel to exercise on bad calories or overeating or lack of sustenance.[/quote]

I think there is a lot of gray area.  I do believe a small number of people/kids have zero ability to control their appetite and intake and they will become overweight despite typical interventions.  Then there are the people that can easily have a bite of cookie and be done and eat exactly what their body needs without any thought or effort- also a minority.  Most people fall somewhere in the middle; they could easily eat a second helping of something they love or two desserts or whatever, but with some education on nutrition, portion size knowledge , and some will power, are generally able to stick to a reasonable amount of food and keep from gaining large amounts of weight. [/quote]

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