Obesse Children And How To Prevent it

You take your child for a check-up and find out that he /she is not chubby but obese. What do you do? Panic, teYou take your child for a check-up and find out that he /she is not chubby but oar your hair out, blame somebody feel guilty, I hope none of the above. There are alternatives.

One way is to rethink your eating and cooking habits. Clean out your cupboards and pantry of sugar, white flour white pasta sodas mayo. Talk with a nutritionist and follow the recommendation. The diabetic food guide has wonderful and plenty choices to be creative with not just for your child but for the whole family.
If your child is old, enough get him/her involved in the process of planning shopping and cooking. When they are small, you can cook several vegetable and puree them, then add to the spaghetti sauce. They will not know the difference.
Planning the meals, shopping, and preparing should be a high priority to the whole
family and if possible everybody should be involved.
To fight child obesity food is not enough. You have to encourage physical activity and do it together .On the playground when they are small and in the backyard, the park at the swimming pool or skating ring at an older age.
Research nutrition facts especially for growing children and apply them the best you can so you can raise healthy active children and young adults and avoid the complication of child obesity.
You are the parent and fully responsible and yes it is not easy, but a sacrifice well worth it.