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Obesity:
Helping Your Child
Maintain a Healthy Weight
Review Date 5/13
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Introduction
• What are parents dealing with?
– Obesity
– Physical inactivity
– Overscheduling
– Environmental issues
– Eating outside the home
– Eating on the run
Goals
• To teach parents and caregivers “how to”
information about feeding children
• Present research findings to emphasize the
importance of maintaining a healthy weight
• Troubleshoot participant concerns
Obesity Epidemic
• #1 health concern in the United States
– From 1998 through 2003, the prevalence of obesity
increased from 13.1% to 15.2%, and the prevalence
of extreme obesity increased from 1.75% to 2.22%
– From 2003 through 2010, the prevalence of obesity
decreased slightly from 15.2% to 14.9%, and the
prevalence of extreme obesity decreased from 2.22%
to 2.07%
Obesity: Public Health
Crisis
• Research finds the epidemic is primarily
attributed to environmental factors
• Solutions exist—eat less and become more
physically active!
Focus on Child’s
Health and Wellness,
NOT Body Shape or Size
The Job of Parents
• Serve as a role model, creating a philosophy
regarding food in the family
• Set aside time for healthy meals and snacks
• Schedule time for physical activity
The Job of Parents
(cont’d)
• Limit television, video games, and sedentary
activities
• Eliminate junk food in the house
• Discuss advertisements, desires, and limits
Role Models
• What are the rules about what is eaten, when,
where, and why?
• Create a philosophy and walk the walk
• Examples:
– Have no junk food in the house, but when you are out,
you can eat whatever your friends are eating
– Eat one treat per day
– Eat only when seated at the table
– Eat your vegetables
Establishing a
Philosophy
• Sit down with spouse, caregivers, and
child/children if they can participate
(usually 4 years of age or older)
• Figure out your family’s goals for nutrition
and eating
• Come up with a plan that everyone agrees on—
this is difficult, but essential
Set a Time for Meals
and Snacks
• Create schedules and activities, so your child can
have success with nutrition
• Remember, children should eat every 3-5 hours
• Eat the same foods as your child
Set a Time for Meals
and Snacks (cont’d)
• Have healthful snacks on hand, including:
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Fresh fruits
Vegetables
Whole grains
High-fiber foods
• Begin your preparations before going to the
grocery store
Results of Inactivity
• Health concerns—weight gain, insulin resistance,
type 2 diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea,
nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, poor self-esteem,
and lower health-related quality of life
• Contributing factors—societal, technological,
industrial, commercial, and financial
Schedule of Physical
Activity
• Mark your calendars and incorporate vigorous
activity into your schedule, especially on
weekends
Schedule of Physical
Activity (cont’d)
• Use these suggestions:
– Age 4-6—focus on free play
– Age 6-9—focus on motor skills
– Age 10-12—increase skill and focus on enjoyment
with family
– Adolescents—focus on peers and activities of
personal interest
Setting (Sitting) Limits
• You do not need special equipment or training or
much organization to incorporate movement into
your daily routine with your kids
– Walk to school
– Park at the back of the parking lot
– Climb stairs
– Dance together
Eliminate Junk Food
in the House
• Do not use food “treats” as rewards
• Substitute books, tokens, toys, activities, or
outings, if reward systems are used
• Acknowledge feelings of deprivation with
consistent messages
Discuss Ads, Desires,
and Limits
• Research supports that the environment of the
United States and many developed countries
promotes obesity through advertising,
environment, and food quality
• In 1976, 26% of calories were eaten outside of
the home; in 2010, it was 41%*
*Source: US Economic Research Service. Food-away-from-home. US Dept of Agriculture
Web site. http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-choices-health/food-consumptiondemand/food-away-from-home.aspx#.UUDTLVdCATE. Updated May 26, 2012. Accessed
May 6, 2013.
Marketing
• In 1999, the food industry spent $1.79 billion
marketing to children and parents*
• Ask your child: “Do you want that cereal or the
toy inside?”
*Source: Federal Trade Commission. A review of food marketing to adolescents
and children follow-up report. Published December 2012.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2012/12/121221foodmarketingreport.pdf. Accessed
May 6, 2013.
Obesity:
Public Health Crisis
• Research finds the epidemic is primarily
attributed to environmental factors
• Solutions exist—eat less and become more
physically active!
What to Do
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Serve as a role model
Develop a philosophy
Make time for nutrition
Schedule activity
Limit sedentary behaviors
Get rid of junk food
Include child/children in discussions
Questions?
Resources
• American Dietetic Association. Position of the American Dietetic Association: individual-,
family-, school-, and community-based interventions for pediatric overweight. J Am Diet
Assoc. 2006;106(6):925-945.
• Barlow SE; Expert Committee. Expert Committee recommendations regarding the
prevention, assessment, and treatment of child and adolescent overweight and obesity:
summary report. Pediatrics. 2007;120(suppl 4):S164-S192.
http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/120/Supplement_4/S164. Accessed May 6,
2013.
• Federal Trade Commission. A review of food marketing to adolescents and children:
follow-up report. Published December 2012.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2012/12/121221foodmarketingreport.pdf. Accessed May 6, 2013.
• Overweight and obesity: data and statistics. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Web site. http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html. Updated January 11, 2013.
Accessed May 6, 2013.
• US Economic Research Service. Food-away-from-home. US Dept of Agriculture Web site.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-choices-health/food-consumption-demand/foodaway-from-home.aspx#.UUDTLVdCATE. Updated May 26, 2012. Accessed May 6, 2013.