On the topic of parents and overweight kids, Dr. Freedhoff spoke on Ottawa Health Day where he has normal weight clients that are coming to see him regarding overweight children. He won't take children on as patients. He takes the PARENTS on as patients. From my reading on the internet, in the cases where normal weight parents have overweight kids, the parents are typically "thin and unhealthy" in that they eat empty calories that keep them going, but get no activity and have bad health markers from malnutrition.
Many of the people I speak to are parents that are not losing weight for themselves; they are losing weight and changing their diet to be better role models for their children.
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