The statistics for childhood obesity doesn’t look good. Twenty-five percent of all white children in America are overweight. Thirty-three percent of African America and Hispanic children are overweight. More doctors are seeing adult onset diabetes in overweight children.

I grew up as a thin child. My sister was chubby. To be honest, I ate more then she did. I definately tried to get my hands on junk when I could (candy was not in our budget). Fat did not catch up with me until my late twenties. By then my horrible habits reaked havoc on my body.

What upsets me is when parents put their overweight child on a diet while they are eating a bag of potatoe chips in front of them. I also see this with husbands and wives. How does anyone expect a child to resist the bag of cookies in the pantry?

I don’t believe in putting children on a diet. I believe the whole family should adopt a healthy and active lifestyle. It really gets to me when I see adults giving kids junk food all the time. They think just because their children are thin, it is fine. Thin people have heart disease and diabetes. Parents set their children up for a healthy lifestyle failure when the majority of the food they eat is process, full of sugar and very little nutrition.

Del-Metri Williams, MBA NC CTLC

Weight Management Coach

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