My seven-year-old daughter has taken to grabbing her stomach and saying, “I am so fat!” One day she even said to me, “I wish I could just chop it off!” // She’s not fat, by the way. But somewhere along the way, she got the idea that she is. As if we mothers don’t have [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Childhood'
Our Bodies, Our Daughters’ Bodies
March 12th, 2009 by Karen Feldscher · No Comments · Parent Talk, Teen Health Talk, Teen Talk
Tags: body image·Childhood·obesity·Parent Talk·Teen Talk·weight
The Painful Side of Obesity, As Seen on Oprah
January 29th, 2009 by Karen Feldscher · No Comments · Parent Talk, Teen Health Talk
What an emotional subject Oprah tackled this week. On Monday, she talked with 16 overweight or obese teens and their parents from around the country. The families had also taken part in a daylong “intervention,” run by a husband and wife team, Rich and Yvonne Dutra-St. John, California-based therapists and intervention specialists, who got the [...]
Tags: Childhood·exercise·fitness·nutrition·obesity·overweight·Parent Talk·Teen Health Talk·Teen Talk