Obesity in young children from two years up into the teenage years is so frightening. Today in America thousand of small children can hardly walk, clothes are very hard to find for them. It is so very sad to see a young child who can not walk or run or play because of so much fat on them. Something must be done about this and now, it is not getting better either.
Many doctors blame the parents for this epidemic. They do not introduce the right kinds of foods to their children when they are small and are usually willing to try new food. Children crave the discipline that it takes to manage their food intake. Even the young children know they are different than other children. Weight loss programs for these small children must be done from home. No one can tell parents what to feed their children, but they must take the responsibility of their children's eating habits. They are too young to do it themselves.
Portion sizes are the best way to start weight loss in these young children. When feeding a toddler is about a quarter of what an adult eats. Young school children or preschoolers portion should be no more than a third of what an adult eats. Fix them good wholesome foods now and they will carry those eating habits throughout their lives. Try not to let them have second portions; their weight loss will be undone for sure. If they still think they are hungry, give them more vegetables and or fruits. Many young children really go for fruit, bananas, apples, peaches etc. these may have sugar in them, but it is a natural sugar. Refined sugars are the worst enemy in weight loss, no matter how old you are.
Start your young children out with good healthy snacks. Kids need to eat almost all the time. If you start them out very young, they will more and likely stick to the snacks you have made or provided for them. Have a set snack time for them this will help in their weight loss. Make these snacks small, it is after all a snack, not a full meal. If you can, make their snacks for them. Try not to buy them from the grocery store. You do not know what's in them and they are probably no good. An occasional cookie or an ice cream cone will not hurt the weight loss but limit that to maybe once a week or so. Do not give small children snacks right before bedtime.
For a weight loss program give the kids options, but not too many. Two is usually the norm. They will feel like big the big people. Parents please take heed. Your young children need a weight loss program now, if they are over weight or obese. You will be killing them if you do not start now.
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