- Get your child's
cooperation by creating a weight-loss
plan that she's willing to accept.
Make the doctor responsible for
her need to lose weight and make
yourself her ally.
- Make charts of
healthy and unhealthy foods and
place them on the refrigerator.
- Take control of
the food you keep in your house.
Don't keep any junk food in your
cabinets, and don't be afraid
to say no when your child asks
you to buy these foods at the
supermarket.
- When your child
wants to eat, offer fresh fruits
and vegetables
- Set a good example
by eating healthy yourself. If
you want your child to learn healthy
food habits, you need to practice
them.
- Don't offer food
as a reward for good behavior
- using food as a reward increases
a child's food desires.
- Don't make eating
the focus of your family life.
Go for a walk with your child
instead of going out for pizza.
Take her skating instead of making
cookies. There are other pleasures
besides food.
- Increase
your child's physical activities
by supporting and joining her
efforts to help her get started.
Swim together at your local community
center, get an aerobics tape for
kids and do it with her, sign
her up for something of her choice
that's physical but fun. Make
it clear that not exercising is
not an option - the option lies
in what she chooses.
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