Becoming Your Childs Weight Loss Coach
While being overweight as an adult is bad for both physical and emotional reasons, it is especially traumatic for a child. An obese child faces many emotional and physical problems. I will give you a few suggestion that hopefully will help you assist your child in addressing their obesity problems.
Obviously physical problems pose an immediate threat to a childs health and should be addressed immediately. These include diabetes, heart problems, asthma, and even cancer. Note that many of these ailments are chronic in nature and will follow the child through the remainder of his/her life. Therefore treatment of obesity needs to occur as soon as it is evident that a child is unable to control their eating successfully.
Besides physical problems they are a host of emotional problems that accompany obesity in children. These include mental abuse in the form of taunting and teasing, or bullying as well as other emotional conditions such as depression. Children especially teens are cruel and so a child in their teens with a weight problem can expect an inordinate amount of emotional abuse. This will many times cause a child to withdraw which furthers damages their ability to develop proper social skills. It also causes anger and resentment to build up in a child and can stay with the child through the remainder of their lives.
There are things you can do to help a child lose and maintain their proper weight:
1. Become an expert in food nutrition and preparation. Surf the net, read books and magazines and educate yourself on food preparation and calorie counts. Little things such as grilling meats versus frying will greatly reduce the amount of calories in a given meal. If you really commit yourself to this you can become an expert in serving tasty meals that are low in calories.
2. Do not overcook your meals. Use portion control to limit the amount you cook. Do not cook enough for everyone to have seconds. Be sure to incorporate plenty of vegetables in your meals. They are low in calories and many are packed with nutrition. Also be sure you look up the calories in the foods you plan to prepare prior to cooking. Over time you will become able to shop at the store and configure meals in your head that meet your calorie goals.
3. Get all high calorie snacks out of the house. Be sure to have plenty of fresh fruit available. If others want high calorie snacks have them put them out of the sight of other family members.
4. Consider having your child join a weight loss group geared towards teens. This will not only help them lose weight but it will also help them develop their social skills. Remember teens are most heavily influenced by their peer group.
5. Get your "PhD." in nutrition and diet. Become the expert in the proper foods your child should eat.
6. Make you sure you also incorporate exercise into your child's daily routine. Since they are not fully developed they need to get up and out to help their bones and muscles develop. Consider limiting their time they can do things such as playing video games. Encourage them to get a daily exercise routine. Point out how this will increase their metabolism which will in turn help them lose weight.
Always use positive reinforcement to help your child lose weight. Teenagers are very impressionable and so you can and should assist them in forming a well rounded sense of themselves. Knowing that you care and are willing to actively participate in helping them loose weight will go a long way to easing or eliminating the emotional impact of being obese. - 17268
Obviously physical problems pose an immediate threat to a childs health and should be addressed immediately. These include diabetes, heart problems, asthma, and even cancer. Note that many of these ailments are chronic in nature and will follow the child through the remainder of his/her life. Therefore treatment of obesity needs to occur as soon as it is evident that a child is unable to control their eating successfully.
Besides physical problems they are a host of emotional problems that accompany obesity in children. These include mental abuse in the form of taunting and teasing, or bullying as well as other emotional conditions such as depression. Children especially teens are cruel and so a child in their teens with a weight problem can expect an inordinate amount of emotional abuse. This will many times cause a child to withdraw which furthers damages their ability to develop proper social skills. It also causes anger and resentment to build up in a child and can stay with the child through the remainder of their lives.
There are things you can do to help a child lose and maintain their proper weight:
1. Become an expert in food nutrition and preparation. Surf the net, read books and magazines and educate yourself on food preparation and calorie counts. Little things such as grilling meats versus frying will greatly reduce the amount of calories in a given meal. If you really commit yourself to this you can become an expert in serving tasty meals that are low in calories.
2. Do not overcook your meals. Use portion control to limit the amount you cook. Do not cook enough for everyone to have seconds. Be sure to incorporate plenty of vegetables in your meals. They are low in calories and many are packed with nutrition. Also be sure you look up the calories in the foods you plan to prepare prior to cooking. Over time you will become able to shop at the store and configure meals in your head that meet your calorie goals.
3. Get all high calorie snacks out of the house. Be sure to have plenty of fresh fruit available. If others want high calorie snacks have them put them out of the sight of other family members.
4. Consider having your child join a weight loss group geared towards teens. This will not only help them lose weight but it will also help them develop their social skills. Remember teens are most heavily influenced by their peer group.
5. Get your "PhD." in nutrition and diet. Become the expert in the proper foods your child should eat.
6. Make you sure you also incorporate exercise into your child's daily routine. Since they are not fully developed they need to get up and out to help their bones and muscles develop. Consider limiting their time they can do things such as playing video games. Encourage them to get a daily exercise routine. Point out how this will increase their metabolism which will in turn help them lose weight.
Always use positive reinforcement to help your child lose weight. Teenagers are very impressionable and so you can and should assist them in forming a well rounded sense of themselves. Knowing that you care and are willing to actively participate in helping them loose weight will go a long way to easing or eliminating the emotional impact of being obese. - 17268
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Mae Summerville is an author and also own several websites that sell wedding chair covers and wedding place card holders.
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