In most cases their struggles with food began in childhood. There are many health risks associated with obesity. In addition to heart disease, obesity is associated with psychological stress and social rejection that can cause a child much misery in the years ahead. The good news is overweight children are not doomed to have weight problems as adults. Create a good feeding relationship between parents and children to minimize future problems.
Parents provide the food and select the meal time and the child chooses how much to eat.
It's a process that relies on the child's internal cues of hunger, appetite and satiety to guide the feeding process. Never put your child on a low calorie, deprivation diet. By restricting calories a growing child needs, you interfere with the natural growth process. Children who under eat have less energy and slower rates of maturation. This does not mean the calories should be filled with high fat foods.