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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the sanctimonious posters - I think it's unreasonable NOT to be concerned about this new normal leading to unhealthy habits, one symptom of which is often weight gain. If it was 1-3 weeks, whatever, but since it'll likely go on for months, I think people are smart to get ahead of it now before unhealthy habits get ingrained. It's been long enough now that parents are in a good place to evaluate whether or not this will be an issue with for their kids - like a previous poster mentioned, some kids will probably be MORE active without sitting in a classroom all day, while some (particularly those whose preferred exercise is organized sports) will see a dramatic decrease. Some kids may be eating better if you find you have more time to cook. Some kids (like the chip kid mentioned above) may have taken to eating more unhealthy food. If your kids are naturally just as active or more active, and haven't changed their eating habits, great. But it seems really likely that for lots of kids, that won't be the case.

I think one good place to focus is on boredom eating. It's super unhealthy in a variety of ways - not learning to entertain ones self, setting up an unhealthy and potentially lifelong habit, snack foods tend to not have a lot of nutrients and too many calories, etc.

I think the best way to combat this is to have standard times for meals/snacks, and no grazing. So, breakfast is at 8, lunch at noon, snack at 3:30, dinner at 7, or whatever. Beyond that, the kitchen is closed. Cut up some veggies in the fridge and keep fruit in the house - that's all that's allowed outside of mealtimes. [/quote]

How funny because I think the sanctimonious posters are the ones being bitchy about if kids gain weight, it is because the parents are failing.  Those are the sanctimonious posters!!!

And they should STFU. [/quote]

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