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Should children diet?
By Mary Whiting,
Nursery World,
31 May 2001
The number of overweight children is soaring, mainly due to lack of exercise. But doesn't food play a part too? Mary Whiting explains how to avoid excess calories It's simple,' someone once told me. 'Fat children should diet!' Actually, it's not that simple. Quite apart from the risk of stigmatising individual children, 'dieting' is not the answer unless it is a medical necessity.
The number of overweight children is soaring, mainly due to lack of exercise. But doesn't food play a part too? Mary Whiting explains how to avoid excess calories It's simple,' someone once told me. 'Fat children should...
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