From Vicky, Child's Age 11 - 03/27/03 - IP#: 66.157.43.xxx  Click here to reply  
Hi! I want to ask the parents of overweight children if they are overweight themselves. I have an overweight child and I am an overweight adult. I would like to hear from other overweight parents about ways we could help our children by setting examples ourselves and lose weight. If there is anybody out there who agrees with me please let me know and I would certainly love to correspond. Thank you.......
Reply from Lucia, Child's Age 11 - 07/13/03  - IP#: 198.81.26.xxx
Yes, in most cases, overwieght kids have overwieght parents. I think that's since the parents are big so they have food around the house and so the children have all that food in front of them. As for me, I am an overwieght person and my child is VERY obese. She's almost as big as I am. It's just that I have a lot of sweats in the house and so my daughter eats more than she can handle.