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Podcast: Find Your Food Voice
Episode: Ep 005: Help my daughter who is fat like me.
Description: Do you parent a fat child? This letter comes from a large woman raising a child who is now teased at school because of her size. Should she put her child on a diet? Take her to the gym?
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Key Points:
12 in 100,000 children have Type 2 Diabetes* yet 2900 in 100,000 children experience an eating disorder**. Statistically, worry more about eating disorders than increased adiposity.
Teach kids how to have a healthy body image and a healthy relationship with food.
Is fat a bad word? Let's neutralize it...