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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You told your charge that that lady is big because she eats too much junk food and doesn't exercise. That is fat shaming. The fact that you told your charge that it's not nice to have that conversation to someone's face does not change the fact that you taught her that what we eat is responsible for how we look.  The reality is that you have no idea why that woman is the size that she is.  While I agree that you should be encouraging healthy eating habits in your charges,  telling them that they had better eat healthy food and exercise when you tell them too so that they don't turn into a big gross fat person is not the way to go about that.  The correct response to an inquiry of this kind is to simply say that there are lots of different types of bodies and that if your charge is curious about someone's body that she should save her question and ask you when that person is no longer around.[/quote]

OP Here: I didn't say anything to her about exercising. I told her that SOMETIMES when people eat a lot of food, that can cause them to get "big tummys". She's 3 1/2 years old, I wasn't going to go into all the reasons why someone can have a big tummy (genetics, diseases, etc.) when she is just 3 and when the main reason is because of eating bad things. My bosses are big on the kids eating healthy and eating healthy snacks (carrots with hummus or fresh fruit, etc.) but do allow me to take them to McDonald's for a special lunch or for FroYo once a week. I don't really know where you are getting half the things you are talking about. I didn't tell my charge that she has to exercise or better eat healthy foods, she loves eating healthy and is a super active kid and even if she wasn't, I wouldn't force her to exercise. All I am saying is that in reality, 90% of the time when someone is obese, it is because of the way they eat. I didn't fat shame and I didn't make fun of the lady or anything. I told her it wasn't nice to do that but also included a lesson on why we eat healthy because I'm sorry but it's not good to be obese or fat. [/quote]

Agreed. Being fat is NOT healthy. And MOST of the time it is because people do not correctly and do not exercise. Fat people use a gland problem as an excuse. Some people do have that but most do not. Obesity is not a good thing nor is it healthy. The nanny here did nothing wrong.[/quote]

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