Each stage then brings its own health and social complications. But when an overweight child learns to reduce and maintain his weight through good nutrition and exercise, the loss is more likely to be permanent into young adulthood. Instead, children eat in front of the TV, after 'grazing' all afternoon. But when everybody sits down for dinner every night, fewer and healthier calories are consumed. Also, today's children just don't play outside very much.
Families eat less when they eat together because they talk.
That slows down the speed of eating, giving the stomach's fullness signals a chance to work. Even small amounts of food will start sending satiety signals to the brain after about 20 minutes. Simple changes Ideal loss for an overweight child is no more than one-half to one pound per week. Some kids just cut back from whole milk to skim milk or cut out the highly sugared cola drinks and lose weight. Other researchers found an unexpected source of flab in a study group of 168 children ages two to five.