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How to help your children lose weight - 4 practical suggestions
Suggestion 1 :
Encourage your
kids to make changes to their general lifestyle
Suggestion 2
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Encourage them to
become more physically active
Suggestion 3
:
Make it easy for
them to eat healthily
Suggestion 4
:
Set a good example
for them, yourself
Suggestion 1 :
Encourage your
kids to make changes to their general lifestyle
1. Less television
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Several
studies have found a strong link between obesity and time spent
watching TV. This isn't surprising.
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We
burn fewer calories watching TV than we do sitting still.
TV commercials urge viewers to eat.
The average American child sees 10,000 TV commercials a year.
Approx 9,500 of these are for one of four types of food: fast
foods, soft drinks, sugar-coated cereals and candy.
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Too
much TV is bound to prevent kids from developing the skills and
love of sports that make physical activity so enjoyable.
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Playing
computer games may be worse than simply watching TV. Not only
can they become addictive, but they can be played all day and
all night.
2. Less television for parents too
We parents rely on TV to amuse our kids. Then we get upset when
our kids get fat. The moral? We have to take a greater interest in our kids and
their activities. This doesn't mean we have to entertain our
kids from morning till night. But we have to get 'involved'.
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We
should encourage our older kids to read, do something creative
or participate in school or community sports and activities.
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We
should set aside more time to play with our younger kids.
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We
should set an example by talking to our kids about different
things, in the hope that we can interest and inspire them to
undertake new activities and projects.
Suggestion
2
: Encourage them to
become more physically active
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Be active yourself! Share your activity with your kids.
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Play with them! Play football, go cycling, go skating, go
swimming.
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Be more active as a family. Take family walks and hikes, and
so on.
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Help your kids to find activities that they enjoy by showing
them different possibilities.
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A good trick to encourage them to take exercise is to ask
them to help you to get fit. Ask them to go for a walk with you,
or a swim, or a cycle.
 Suggestion 3
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Make it easy for
them to eat healthily
Suggestion 4
:
Set a good example
for them, yourself
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