http://www.campshane.com/blog/index.php/weight-loss-camps-kids-weight-loss-programs-to-fight-childhood-obesity/ Weight Loss. Fitness. Nutrition. Education. Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.campshane.com/blog/index.php/weight-loss-camps-kids-weight-loss-programs-to-fight-childhood-obesity/comment-page-1/#comment-86910 Ashley Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:52:31 +0000 http://www.campshane.com/blog/?p=1729#comment-86910 What I don’t like about the recent advertisements and campaigns against childhood obesity is that they depict it as the child’s fault while ignoring the fact that it’s mainly the parent’s role to be a role model for his or her children. However, this is no longer true since many parents today are so busy that they rarely find time to be with their kids. They all too often neglect the fact that children need to interact and cooperate with others in order to develop healthy relationships later in life. The natural result then can really be the child’s inability to manage stress which may finally lead to problems such as obesity or other diseases. That’s why I always tried to find some new activities to encourage the natural development of my chiIdren and visited as many baby-centers in Toronto as possible when my children were born. I discovered a number of funny ways to build a strong relationship and I always try to spend as much of my free time as possible with them to avoid similar problems in their adolescence. But this can’t be solved by any kind of advertisement or campaign and it only says something about society as well as about the parents themselves.

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