1. Posted by Jim b on Thu, Jul 26, 2007, 4:46 am PDT

This is easy to comment on, keep the kids off video games an internet, and have them go out with their friends and have a good time, like I did when I was in my teens. We always had fun doing a little bit of everything. Even back then, we never heard of this kind of article before and I'm sure I'm not the only one who would say this.

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2. Posted by Jim b on Thu, Jul 26, 2007, 4:46 am PDT

This is easy to comment on, keep the kids off video games an internet, and have them go out with their friends and have a good time, like I did when I was in my teens. We always had fun doing a little bit of everything. Even back then, we never heard of this kind of article before and I'm sure I'm not the only one who would say this.

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3. Posted by phlesher on Thu, Jul 26, 2007, 8:36 am PDT

Hi Joy, I am a single mom raising a soon to be teenager with bad eating habits. She doesn't exercise except during baskball season. She plays with the Jr. High Team. She is a 12 yr old girl who weighs over 300 pounds. Now she is 6'1 inches tall. But I talk with her a lot about all the health problems with being over weight. She tells me that all I do is down her and I am not so small myself. She is right about one thing, I am not a small woman. I weigh 205 pounds and is only 5'6. I work two jobs, I teach school and have a day care center. I am constantly moving on both jobs. I still should make time for exercise but I am happy to sit for a few minutes each day. My daughter on the other hands does nothing but stay at home watch t.v. and eat junk. She loves vegetables and fruits, but she choose to eat junk. I am so stressed from my jobs until I've started to keep my mouth close to have peace. I don't want to see my child with a lot of health issues in the future. But me telling her is not working, she need a reality check. She believes that playing basketball during the season is all the excercise she needs. Could anyone please lead me to a solution. I love my child and I want her to have a healty life. She will kill herself at this rate and I can't imagine life without her. Working mom

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4. Posted by yp_shelly_paso_robles on Thu, Jul 26, 2007, 9:17 am PDT

Dear Working Mom, First of all everything I will write to you is 100% from experience. On August 2 2007 it will be two years since I have been dieting and exercising. I have lost 160lbs!! I weighted 340 two years ago. Your daughter does need help to stop her destructive eating behaviors. It makes me very sad to think of a 12 year old girl at 300lbs. If you would like to write back to my e-mail and talk about this and pick my brain I would be happy to do that. I am not a religious person (spirtual) but I made a promise a long time ago that if God would help me lose weight I would do whatever I had to do to keep it off and I would try to help,motivate or incourage anyone who wanted it. Food is filling a space for her and the bigger she gets the more that space will need to be filled. For a relaity check have her watch the tv show Big Medicine, it will make a huge impression on her I promise!!!! TLC/The Learning Channel has a lot of weight related shows maybe look on there website and get the program schedule. Best to you and your daughter. There is help for her, but she has to want it. Sincerely, Shelly gratefullbubbles@yahoo.com

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5. Posted by on Thu, Jul 26, 2007, 10:30 am PDT

first of all why is your daughter talking back to you..2nd of all from experience i weigh 253 and i ask my son for his opinion and he tells me mom your preety but you will be prettier if you get skinny the way you want to. or if he sees me eating something bad he tells me mom your cheating on your diet... i dont have him on a diet but i do not let him eat pass 8pm no sweets or nothing and i let him eat his sweets during the day ice cream or a cup cake..... but he rides his bike everyday for about 1 hour and we go for a 30 minute walk.... he's average

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6. Posted by blessedstephie on Fri, Jul 27, 2007, 11:45 am PDT

Joy, my daughter lives with he4r father and she follows his eating habits. Mine are not great but not like their's. they eat out late at nite alot and then are very inactive during the week. what are some options I can give her to help herself before she gains too much weight. She is only 11 years old and can wear my 12 or 14 jeans

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7. Posted by bzmomntx on Fri, Jul 27, 2007, 6:31 pm PDT

please help, my daughter thinks it is cool to be like me. she is 11 and 120 pounds. im 38 a mother of 4 and 130 pounds. i can't convince her she is too heavy and needs to exercise. i do not buy junk foods!

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8. Posted by palak0404 on Sat, Jul 28, 2007, 2:23 am PDT

I have gone through the statergies mentioned above but do you think these statergies helps immediately. I think that the world is mooving too fast and every body wants the results within a very short span of time and these statergies are good but the process is too long if seen practically. Should there not be a control at the very intial stages. I also want to ask a question how can we judge obesity at initial stages?

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9. Posted by Tokyo on Sat, Jul 28, 2007, 4:35 am PDT

Japanese green tea is preferable to any kind of diet drinks or special teas that might be sold as a dieting strategy. Japanese green tea has no calories and is drunk without sugar. In fact if green tea is drunk after a meal its tannin content improves the function of fat-degrading enzymes. Tea can also alleviate hunger while providing vitamins and minerals that diet drinks cannot. I found the best Japanese green tea at www.sakurateahouse.com

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10. Posted by hzarei on Sun, Jul 29, 2007, 4:01 am PDT

i am student in tehran unever city and like see the word

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11. Posted by Deanna M on Sun, Jul 29, 2007, 4:06 pm PDT

In Florida, a group of parents have noticed what is happening in Virgina schools and have pulled together to talk about how to get Dance Dance Revolution (or something like it) into every classroom in America. The concept is to use independent dance-exercies as 'exerlearning' where 10 minutes of dance-exercise becomes a REWARD for math or reading tasks completed. Kids love this game and thousands of kids have achieved optimum health by dancing their way to the highest levels. They like it because this dance game is as addicting as any other Play Station game where the player moves up once they've mastered certain levels. We need to remember that kids don't necessarily see "future health" as a reward-- its not tangible. Kids want to be rewarded today. That's why we also need to REWARD kids for making better food choices in the community. Teachers--One way is to have kids bring in receipts from the healthy restaurants they've patronized with their parents. Certain healthier menu items receive more POINTS than others. Then kids can turn the points in for fitness related prizes (baseballs, soccer balls, uniforms, frisbees, T-Shirts, bikes?) Local business sponsors can donate the prizes. We've got to quit chit chatting and start putting programs together at home, school, church, anywhere kids gather. Just do it :- for them and for yourself too!

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12. Posted by Deanna M on Sun, Jul 29, 2007, 4:09 pm PDT

If anyone wants more ideas for school wellness, let me know. deenotes3@yahoo.com

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13. Posted by meriam_anamipangco on Sun, Jul 29, 2007, 11:28 pm PDT

list of diet to lessen the weight age-11 yrs lod and 5 yrs old.

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14. Posted by imaluckyamericanwoman on Mon, Jul 30, 2007, 7:38 am PDT

How about probiotics for infants? Good idea?

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15. Posted by rosalvarz on Tue, Jul 31, 2007, 10:17 am PDT

okay

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