There are dangers of dieting for kids.
Dieting can be harmful to our children in the following ways: 1.
Low-self Esteem 2.
Sleep Disturbances 3.
Poor Concentration and Attention Skills 4.
Eating Disorders in Teenage Years 5.
Adult Obesity 6.
Depression 7.
Suicide It is important for parents to help their children develop healthy eating habits to reduce the dangers of dieting for their children.
Some crash diets do work.
They work because they cut into calorie intake drastically.
If you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose weight.
In the long term this method of dieting is disastrous because it slows down the metabolism.
Then a person can actually gain weight while eating less.
What happens is a very low calorie intake makes your body say, "I'm starving!" Never put a child on a crash diet.
Child obesity can lead to an eating disorder.
We see this all the time in the news media.
One minute a child is gorging and the next minute he or she is in the bathroom bringing it all up again.
That must be avoided.
When children are overweight they may be dissatisfied with their bodies.
They can develop low self-esteem or depression.
They need counseling.
Failure to obtain professional help for a child when needed can lead to drug or alcohol abuse.
This complicates matters and makes finding solutions more difficult.
A child my even try to take his or her own life.
Children sometimes continue to diet after reaching their proper weight.
Soon they are losing muscle because all the fat has been burned off.
They are starving.
Their may be periods of binge eating followed by starvation.
That is not a happy Merry Go Round.
Child obesity should be treated by a physician.
Buying diet pills off the shelf or going on binge or fad diets is not the answer.
Your child must learn to accept his or her body and learn how to feed it properly.
Psychological disorders must be attended to.
Your child will also need your undivided love and attention to avoid the dangers of dieting for kids.
Teach your children when they are very young how to eat properly.
Don't wait until they start to gain excessive weight.
And don't overfeed your children, take them too often to fast-food joints or give them too many sweets.
They do not need pizza every other day either.
If your child asks for a candy bar, hand him or her a carrot.
Now that will go over big with the kids.
Fly Old Glory!
Dieting can be harmful to our children in the following ways: 1.
Low-self Esteem 2.
Sleep Disturbances 3.
Poor Concentration and Attention Skills 4.
Eating Disorders in Teenage Years 5.
Adult Obesity 6.
Depression 7.
Suicide It is important for parents to help their children develop healthy eating habits to reduce the dangers of dieting for their children.
Some crash diets do work.
They work because they cut into calorie intake drastically.
If you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose weight.
In the long term this method of dieting is disastrous because it slows down the metabolism.
Then a person can actually gain weight while eating less.
What happens is a very low calorie intake makes your body say, "I'm starving!" Never put a child on a crash diet.
Child obesity can lead to an eating disorder.
We see this all the time in the news media.
One minute a child is gorging and the next minute he or she is in the bathroom bringing it all up again.
That must be avoided.
When children are overweight they may be dissatisfied with their bodies.
They can develop low self-esteem or depression.
They need counseling.
Failure to obtain professional help for a child when needed can lead to drug or alcohol abuse.
This complicates matters and makes finding solutions more difficult.
A child my even try to take his or her own life.
Children sometimes continue to diet after reaching their proper weight.
Soon they are losing muscle because all the fat has been burned off.
They are starving.
Their may be periods of binge eating followed by starvation.
That is not a happy Merry Go Round.
Child obesity should be treated by a physician.
Buying diet pills off the shelf or going on binge or fad diets is not the answer.
Your child must learn to accept his or her body and learn how to feed it properly.
Psychological disorders must be attended to.
Your child will also need your undivided love and attention to avoid the dangers of dieting for kids.
Teach your children when they are very young how to eat properly.
Don't wait until they start to gain excessive weight.
And don't overfeed your children, take them too often to fast-food joints or give them too many sweets.
They do not need pizza every other day either.
If your child asks for a candy bar, hand him or her a carrot.
Now that will go over big with the kids.
Fly Old Glory!