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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop body shaming.  It’s getting old.[/quote]

This is part of the problem. If you're under 18, parents should step in and help. Weight is part of someone's health. We can't just ignore the elephant in the room as part of some body positivity movement.

My kids are SURROUNDED by junk food constantly. Soccer game snacks, girl scout snacks, swim team snack shack, they get fed a honey bun from school as they walk in the door, heck even the dentist gave my kids a popsicle (is that like a sick joke?!) after their teeth cleaning. Because they get junk everywhere else, parents just have to be the bad guys who only feed super healthy food. That's the part that is the hardest. We can't even go out for ice cream as a special treat because it's not special, they get ice cream almost daily as a dessert with school lunch. [/quote]

I’m a PP with an overweight kid and agree this is part of the problem. My heavy kid is not able to turn this junk down or eat just some of it. I could not believe how many days they get cupcakes, candy, etc at school (even Valentine’s Day is all candy now!!). Worked against everything we were trying to teach at home. And the quality of school food is shocking. He packs his lunch but in elementary school I fed him breakfast and for years didn’t realize he was also getting sugary breakfast at before care - packaged muffins, packaged pancakes, granola bars, sugary cereal with milk. Ugh.

It stinks that food is so tied up with reward and entertainment in our culture [/quote]

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