Children come in all sizes and shapes that are perfectly normal. Weight loss for children and teens can be hazardous. Rapid weight loss or strict diets can affect the growth and development, promote binge eating, slow metabolism and result in weight gain. It encourages a gradual, safe weight loss or the maintenance of weight as the child grows. However, progress varies depending on how open to change the child and family are.
Parents receive support from other parents and delight in their child's progress.
It gently and effectively supports families in creating an active lifestyle and a healthy but not depriving diet. Parents tune up their nurturing skills to curb their child's emotional overeating and sharpen their limit setting skills to prompt their child toward a healthier lifestyle. The child accepts more responsibility for diet and activity and feels happier and safer. Food becomes less important, activity more exciting and the child's weight begins to normalize. Diets typically cause children to feel deprived and, as a consequence, to overeat.