Curley also offers children the tools they need to deal with cruel remarks about their weight. No one can easily change how another human being treats them, she said, but the victim can change the way he or she chooses to react. Program stresses healthy lifestyles through changes in eating, ways of communicating and increased activity. It makes them angry, and it can make them depressed. Curley encourages children being taunted to communicate her or his feelings to the classmate.
Growth charts are another resource.
Height and weight are tracked by pediatricians from birth on into the high school years. A child who has always landed in the 90th percentile of height and weight may not have the weight problem of a child who zoomed up from the middle to the top of the chart in the past year, Anchondo explained. Some are very muscular, and they're going to weigh a lot. A pediatrician is your best contact to identify potential obesity problems. This will give you a numerical value, perhaps ranging from about 15 up to 30 and higher.