Comments on: Kit-Kats, Snickers & Childhood Obesity http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2007/10/30/kit-kats-snickers-childhood-obesity/ From diapers to diplomas, an irreverent, practical guide to all things parenting Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Barbara http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2007/10/30/kit-kats-snickers-childhood-obesity/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Barbara Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:17:56 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2007/10/30/kit-kats-snickers-childhood-obesity/#comment-114 Ugh, can we get off the “Child Obesity Epidemic?”

Do you think that pressuring kids to lose weight and teaching them that eating candy of any kind will give them Type 2 diabetes a healthy way to go about this? I don’t.

Instead, why don’t we focus on parents choosing a healthier and more active lifestyle for their children?

The idea that kids make any real decisions in their lives isn’t realistic. Nor is scaring them or making them feel bad doing anything but hurting them.

]]> By: Sara http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2007/10/30/kit-kats-snickers-childhood-obesity/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Sara Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:48:52 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/aparentlyspeaking/2007/10/30/kit-kats-snickers-childhood-obesity/#comment-113 I was interested, in reporting the story, to find how many kids said toys or prizes would be an OK substitute for candy. Were they telling me what I wanted to hear? Or are we adults projecting our own love of Almond Joys onto them?

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