Can you control your child's weight?

Actually, this is very easy to do. Parents have the greatest influence on what the child eats. So if the parents give their children health foods always, the child will not gain too much fat in his body and his weight will be kept at the desirable levels per height and age considerations.

Yes, this is a very important issue, the weight of our children. My son is 7 years old and in this period he's getting too fat.... a pair of weeks ago we started a little "diet", I forbade him to eat sweets and chocolates. At first he got angry, but as my son is an intelligent child, he understood that he was becoming too fat and so he's happy to go on with his diet. He started to go to gym, till now he didn't take some exercise, but now he takes it and so I hope to see him less fat in a pair of weeks.

Oh i watched that too. I think it is paramount that parents try their best to monitor their kid's weight. With the right diet and regular amount of exercise i am sure parents can play a significant role into the health and wellbeing of their child and the child's weight. Obesity is an illness more paramount in industrialised nations than any other part of the globe. But it signifies another kind of poverty. Lack of education and lots of junk food. It doesn't help.

Sometimes obesity is genetic, but I believe parents can control their childrens weight. If parents make healthy meals on a regular basis and teach them these good eating habits I think it makes a big difference. Also, instead of only having junk food like chips and candy around the house, they should offer healthy alternatives, like fruit, veggies and dip etc.

I do try to control my childrens weight. If they are looking a bit skinny I will try to give them more food and increase some of the fat in their diet. If they are getting chubbier I will give them less unhealthy snacks as I don't want them to have a problem with their weight as they get older. I think it is possible for parents to control their childrens weight, and I think they should be encouraged to do so.

I think there are lots of reasons why a child puts on or looses too much weight. Sometimes I believe the parents can controle it, sometimes not. i do believe that parents should try their best to do so. It is vital to learn about good nutrition and health from an early age. I believe what you are used to growing up will stay with you for a long time. Doing what you can to improve your childs health and life expectancy is an important part of parenting.

Yes I think you can but at the sounds on this way the Parents need professional help so I do hope that they will get. I do not understand though how the Parents have managed to let the Child get this big, do they not realise that they are killing their Child doing this.

I do believe we can controll our childs weight by feeding them healthy foods everyday and by watching what they eat. Its the parents job to lookout for what they are eating. If you get your child to eat healthy and teach them then when they are older they will be eating healthy on their own.

Yes I think parents can control their children.

My child is 3 year old and he is not so overweight just enough to be called healthy and alert. I really think some of the major factor that contribute for a child to become overcome are the food they ate and the milk he drink. There are some formulated milk that keep the children really fat and there are milk which are focused on a brain enhancement rather than body fat milk.

Some morbid obesity causes are genetic or due to uncontrollable reasons. In those cases it's obvious that parents can do little about it. But in many many cases, in most cases actually, it's a combination of factors: nowadays kids don't run in the street, they stay at home. They don't play with other kids, they are alone, playing with the PSP, the Wii etc. They eat junk food more times a week than it would be desirable. All those factors together cause the current situation, and many parents don't know or care to do something about it, since it's more comfortable to give them junk food than vegetables because they will like it more and won't complain, or buy them a psp instead of going out to the park with them after a long day at work.

yes, parents can control their children's weight, especially if asked by the pediatrician to do that. but there are other parents (the late Anna NIcole Smith they say) is too obssessed on having their kids, even in early stages, be "sexy" thus depriving them of what kids love to eat. i believe there should be some age bracket on when to control their eating. ask a doctor, for sure he will know best.

Childs weigth can be controled.If her mother feels she is overweight her mom can stop giving fatty foods, make her do exercises to reduce weight.

I do believe you can... My son doesn't need to control his weight because he is very active like most 2 year old. But if a child do need to control his weight I think the parents can help them by not only cutting the fatty food but also keep them active and you can keep your child active by simply play with them. Believe me when a child get so excited playing they sometime almost forget about food..xx

I think it really just depends. There are certainly cases where the child is overweight and the parents are to blame. They set him/her in front of the television all day, and allow them access to any kind of food they wish to eat. In these cases, yes it is obvious that the parental influence or lack thereof is the cause of their obesity. On the other hand, there are some children who are overweight due to medical reasons, such as thryroid problems etc. I think a lot of people blame genetics too much though, even though you have a mother who is over weight does not mean that her daughter is predestined to obesity as well. Yes if the mother continues the same eating habits and cooks the same way she always had, her daughter will problably not be a healthy weight, but if the mother decides to make some changes, there is no reason her daughter has to be fat. Having said that, there are some children/adults who will never fit into the size that society dictates they must. SOme woman, no matter how much they exersize, will never get down to a size 5, but they look great in their size 9. I think people put too much emphasis on sizes and not enough on healthy living, eating habits.

I think you can to a certain extent. You can monitor what they are eating at home. It's better to buy healthy foods instead of stocking up your cupboards with junkfood. Instead of buying soada and juice, you can buy a sports drink instead. My kids are always *HUNGRY*! They are looking for junkfood. I have food here but it's not what they want to eat. I do buy snacks for my kids but it's a one snack per week rule. Once it's gone that's it.