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"  YES &amp;quot;Do it for your kids&amp;#039; health&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Childhood obesity is an epidemic. We&amp;#039;re living in a society that has children suffering from &amp;#039;adult&amp;#039; health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease \u2014 all stemming from their weight. If making changes to a child&amp;#039;s eating habits can prevent this, isn&amp;#039;t that worthwhile? When my daughter&amp;#039;s weight started creeping up, I made her portion sizes smaller and encouraged her to join me in Wii dance games to get her moving. Now her weight is back in the healthy range. I don&amp;#039;t believe we should have kids &amp;#039;dieting&amp;#039; by drinking shakes and counting calories, but a child&amp;#039;s health is a parent&amp;#039;s responsibility. It&amp;#039;s not about &amp;#039;fat&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;skinny&amp;#039; \u2014 it&amp;#039;s about creating good habits that will last a lifetime.&amp;quot; \u2014 CARMEN STACIER, CHIEF MOM AT DIETSINREVIEW.COM AND MOMTOTHESCREAMINGMASSES.TYPEPAD.COM NO &amp;quot;Dieting destroys their relationship with food&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I know women who have become obese or anorexic because of issues that started with &amp;#039;innocent&amp;#039; childhood dieting. I want my kids to have a healthy relationship with food, and introducing them to dietary restrictions when they&amp;#039;re young would do the opposite. Kids already feel so much pressure from their friends to look and act a certain way, and they can be cruel to those who don&amp;#039;t fit in. So it&amp;#039;s even more important for a child&amp;#039;s home to be a safe haven where there&amp;#039;s no judging or expectation to fit a certain body image. Children&amp;#039;s bodies will go through phases as they gain and lose weight during growth spurts and puberty. Regardless of shape and size, parents need to let kids know that they&amp;#039;re wonderful exactly as they are.&amp;quot; \u2014 LIZ NORD OF SECRETSOFMOMS.COM "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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