| The number of overweight children is at
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| | future.
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| an all time high and the numbers are
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| | But it's Not Malicious
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| increasing. Strategies to reverse this
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| | Allowing a 3 year-old to play outside
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| disturbing trend must be created and put
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| | alone is not the same as hitting them
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| into action. One strategy would be to
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| | with a car. However, if they run into the
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| imprison the parents of overweight
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| | middle of the street and are hit by a
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| children, as you would the parent of any
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| | car, the parent should still be blamed.
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| child being abused.
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| | The parent did not have bad intentions,
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| Overweight Children are Victims of Child
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| | but they were irresponsible. Parents have
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| Abuse
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| | control over what and how much their
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| Child abuse can be broken down into four
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| | children eat. Allowing a child to become
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| distinct groups: child neglect, physical
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| | and stay overweight is just as bad as
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| abuse, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse.
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| | force-feeding them unhealthy foods.
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| The most dangerous and the most reported
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| | But The Parents Don't Know Any Better
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| of the four is child neglect. According
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| | Many of the parents of overweight
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| to the MedTerms Medical Dictionary, child
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| | children are overweight themselves. They
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| neglect is defined as the failure to
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| | do not understand the health consequences
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| provide for the shelter, safety,
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| | of being overweight, or do not know how
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| supervision and nutritional needs of the
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| | to lose weight themselves. Ignorance is
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| child.
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| | not an excuse.
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| Parents of overweight children fail to
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| | Is it acceptable for a smoker to allow
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| provide:
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| | their under-age child to smoke?
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| * Nutritional needs - Children need to
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| | Maybe They Deserve Parole
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| not eat too many calories, grams of "bad"
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| | Allowing a child to become and stay
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| fats, or grams of "bad" carbohydrates.
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| | overweight is child abuse. However, I do
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| * Supervision - What and when a child is
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| | not feel these parents should be jailed.
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| eating should be supervised. What types
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| | I was an overweight child and I do not
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| and how much physical activity a child is
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| | think my parents should have been placed
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| getting should also be supervised.
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| | in prison. However, something should be
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| * Safety - Not controlling the habits of
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| | done to make parents accountable, because
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| a child can have multiple health
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| | the children cannot help themselves.
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| consequences in the present and in the
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