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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cured????

Your poor child.  [/quote]

OP took action to address her child's obesity.  That's better than denial. Right?[/quote]

No not really when she thinks she "cured" her child.

She's obsessed with how much her child weighs, how she looks to others. 90 minutes of exercise every day? Seriously something  wrong with her thought process. Of course we all want our children at a healthy weight. Of course we all want our children to be healthy eaters. Who starts out thinking an apple or grape is bad? Sorry not buying her post as being healthy for her child. This will backfire later for sure.[/quote]

No way is 90 minutes of exercise too much.  It was not too long ago that kids had hours of exercise each day from riding their bikes all over town and also doing physical yard work
for their families and/or working on the farm.

Good job good post.[/quote]

DS is 7 and plays a sport each season, he has an hour practice once a week. Yes, they are not running the entire time but there is a good amount of activity during those practices and the games. He does Ninja Warrior once a week because he loves it. He walks to school and plays at the park most days. Toss in PE and recess and he gets at least 90 minutes of exercise a day, if not more. There is an entire movement to get kids to play 60 minutes a day because the movement is great for their development and to decrease the chance of kids becoming obese. As kids get older, they are going to have more practices that are 1 hour or longer if they continue to play sports. If they are not playing something organized, they still need to find something that will keep them active and physically healthy.

I am a bit confused that people think that encouraging a kid to play something for an extended period of time in a day is a bad thing.

It sounds like the OP has taken a good approach to the issue. I don't see how following the doctors advice and being honest with the kid is problematic. I think as long as it is coached in the terms of being healthy and changing a lifestyle I think it is a fine change. [/quote]

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