In a study of parents and kids, there was a positive correlation between parent and child intake of calories, carbohydrates and fats. Remember that next time you go for the third cookie and pass on the apple. In another study it was found that kids eat better when they have company at meals. Thinner children and their mothers talk more with each other and eat less, more slowly than fatter children and their moms. Keep alive a child's innate ability to recognize hunger and satiation and their ability to act on it.
Children are great self regulators when it comes to calorie intake.
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