pajamasmedia.com - 12/12/2008
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Childhood obesity ultimately comes down to the choices mom and dad make.
drhelen.blogspot.com - 12/12/2008
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Katherine Berry at PJM has a column entitled,
"Fat Kids Have Their Parents to Blame" with an...
accompanying caption, "Childhood obesity ultimately comes down to the choices mom and dad make." I am not sure I agree entirely with this. Parents may be in ...
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Are parents responsible when kids are fat?
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Fat Kids Get It From Their Parents
Electric Venom —
My latest column, Fat Kids Have Their Parents To Blame, is up at Pajamas Media (and, as always, it’s ruffling feathers).
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Blame parents for fat kids
Joanne Jacobs —
Parents are to blame for the obesity of their children, writes Katherine Berry on Pajamas Media. It’s not the soda machines at school. It’s not the ads on TV. It’s the choices parents make: To us falls the task of saying “no.” Of making short-term decisions — like what’s for dinner — based on long-term health consequences. Of exercising the self-discipline and time management needed to prepare meals that don’t harm our kids That is our job . British social workers now treat obesity in children as a sign of ...
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