With more pressure being put on children to perform well in school and on standardized tests, P.E. classes seem to have taken a back seat and many schools are cutting back on the number of hours children spend in gym class. Parents don't realize their kids aren't physically fit. By dynamics, the psychologist means parental influence, interaction and control. At the other end are the over-controlled kids. They tend to act out and rebel and sneak food or horde food.
Parents often use food as a reward or as a way to deal with a problem.
If their child is having a problem, they give them a nice piece of cake instead of dealing with the problem. So they turn to food for comfort or to food and TV to escape from what's really bothering them. We work with them to find a way to deal with the problem. One of the problems heavy kids have to deal with is being a heavy kid. Children can be cruel.