How do you go about making weight loss kid-friendly? More parents and school officials are asking this question with the rising number of overweight children in the United States. There are a few things that weight loss camps, parents, and specialists recommend.
Weight camps encourage the kids to be involved in at least one sport. Sports are fun and help burn calories. Burning calories helps children and adults alike lose weight as long as they don't consume more calories than they did before they were involved in the sport. Sports also help kids learn to share, be supportive of one another, and be more self-confident. Popular sports for kids include kickball, basketball, t-ball, softball, and dodge ball.
Parents need to set a good example for their kids. Weight loss camps often encourage that parents come and visit and support kids in the middle of a program. Many times children are overweight, their parents are too. If the entire family is set on eating healthy, there aren't as many hurdles for the overweight child to jump on their own. Children lack self-discipline, so when you don't support them or set a good example you are setting them up to fail. Weight loss camps and professionals in the field believe that setting a good example is only good for the children and parents.
Weight loss camps all monitor what the kids eat when they are there. Given that parents cannot monitor what kids eat while they are in school, they should do their best to watch the calories they ingest at home. Parents can also make packing a lunch the norm, although it still doesn't guarantee the children won't change lunches at school. Given that a pound is equal to 3500 calories, if a child is gaining weight at a rate of 3 pounds per month, this means their calories need to be cut by 250 per day. This is equal to one non-diet soda and a juice drink. You could also swap an unhealthy snack of potato chips with fruit or steamed veggies, depending on how big the serving of potato chips usually is. Monitoring what kids eat is not easy, but it is agreed by specialists at many weight loss camps around the country that it is needed to help your child to lose weight.
All in all, there are ways to help your children lose weight. There are even sports to play that make weight loss fun.
Author: Ann Marie Diaz
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