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Obesity Guide
9 Steps To Tackle The Effects Of Childhood Obesity
Steps 1 to 3
Step 1
Once you have identified a weight problem, or developing weight problem, in your children then start to tackle it immediately.
All too often parents find an excuse to put off dealing with the problem by telling themselves for example that all kids are a little bit fat at this stage in their lives and that they will grow out of it. Childhood obesity is a very real problem and if you simply sit back and do nothing a fat kid will simply get fatter.
Step 2
Sit down with your partner and draw up a plan to deal with the problem.
You may need to be careful here, especially if you have more than one child but have only one child with an obesity problem. If changes that you make to your lifestyle and eating habits are too dramatic then your overweight child will almost certainly spot what is going on and this can lead to problems not only between you and the child, but also between the children themselves.
Introduce any necessary changes slowly and be sure with each new change to take everyone along with you by carefully explaining the benefits of the change.
If either you or your partner is suffering from health problems then this can provide a hook on which to hang a change in your family's lifestyle and a good ploy is often to tell the children that you do not want them to develop the same health problems which you have later in their own lives.
Step 3
Take an 'inventory' of your current eating habits by drawing up a list of the foods which you commonly eat. Then sit down and analyze this list yourself, or take it along to your physician or a nutritionist to find out what changes you should consider making to the list.
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