Deborah Harrell wrote:
> "...Naomi Neufeld, a pediatric endocrinologist in Los > Angeles, recalls that in 1986, when she had just > started a non-profit weight-control program called > KidShape, obesity was considered primarily a cosmetic > problem that occurred infrequently among children. > Today she regularly sees 40-pound two-year-olds, > 90-pound seven-year-olds and 150-pound ten-year-olds. > This trend has particularly calamitous effects: high > blood pressure, abnormal lipid levels, breathing and > sleep disorders and psychological issues take their > toll on all the morbidly obese. And Type 2 diabetes is > ravaging overweight adolescents, especially those in > minority ethnic groups more genetically disposed to > the disease..." > > Debbi > Grow Your Own! (Veggies & Herbs) Maru
What do you do with a kid who won't eat cake or ice cream, but who loves toast made with sugar-free whole-wheat bread? :) And who prefers to drink water rather than apple juice?
Julia
yes, Sammy *is* that weird, but he also prefers meat to veggies, and it's damn near *impossible* to get anything green into him right now
Have you tried meat which has been sitting on the counter for a week?
;-)
--Ronn! :)
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I never dreamed that I would see the last.
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