Parents not always ready to help overwieght kids

From this article, parents are not always ready to help overweight kids. According to Dr. Kay Rhee's study, of 151 parents of children who were overweight or onthe verge of being over weight, 44 percent of parents said they were not planing to on instituting life style changes any time soon. On the other hand, parents who would make such changes soon or were already doing so is 38 pecent.

The health of children, it is a responsibility of parents.Because of the lack of parents' knowledge about nutrition and diet, however, some parents cannot fullfill their duties. They should learn about relationship between obese and disease. If they knew the importance of diet, overweight kids would decrease.

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