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New Obesity Ad Photoshops Toddler to Look "Fat" and People are Pissed

California's First 5's newest Childhood Obesity Ad is out and people are pissed. Again. The ad shows a "chubby" little girl, drinking straight sugar through a straw, with a tag line underneath that reads, "Sugar drinks…
What's your child's percentile?

Reading through the new issue of Parents magazine, I ran across an article about fighting weight in children. It discussed, of course, the hard struggle it is to keep kids within a reasonable weight with the hectic live…
Tips for Preventing Childhood Obesity

The number of overweight children is increasing, it is believed by many experts to be the impact of eating fast food - mostly junk food, sweets, ice cream, and soft drinks containing fat and high sugar levels - and the…
Three Years Old and 132 Pounds?!?!

According to an article last month, a three year old has reach the ultimate heights of obesity! When I see things like this, I often wonder if some parents have their heads stuck in the sand. We hear how the US boast…
My Child Is On The Path to Fat!

This is such a delicate subject. On one hand, you want to preserve your children's self-worth and not damage their fragile human emotions, condemning them to a life of adult counseling. We've all seen or heard of thos…
Overweight Kids

Image Source More and more I am hearing the words childhood obesity. Working in the school system I do see a lot of overweight kids. My son, who is now 19, went through a period of time where he was overweight. I do…