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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pasta once in a while is fine, but pasta daily for multiple meals creates fat kids and fatter adults... maybe there is some mitigation if they are in active sports, but that's just kicking the can... not having your kids learn to eat properly nutritious food at an early age is setting them up for "body positivity" as a 300lb+ adult... And even if you are already older and fat, why not set your kids up for a a healthier lifestyle ?[/quote]

Define "multiple meals"?  A day, a week?

I mean portion control and moderation?  I'm a almost 40 woman with a BMI that's nowhere close to overweight, same with my husband and kids and we eat pasta.  I even make pasta.  I also sometimes make cheesecake.

Teaching your kid that eating healthy means you never eat carbs or sugar is just setting them up for failure.  Teaching balance and moderation is far healthier. [/quote]

Nothing wrong with making it once in a while, nothing wrong with proper portions of carbs throughout the week. Overindulgence is setting kids up for failure as their eating habits follow them into adulthood - where weight gain is less forgiving. As to your "healthy" BMI, what's you waist seize? There are plenty of "I'm not oevrweigh, my BMI is good" size 14s around.    [/quote]

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