Overweight Moms, Children Think They're Thinner Than They Really Are, Study Shows

That's becuase they are jealous of you and most likely fat themselves! Don't listen to the saboteurs!!!

I try to tune them out. Many are critical of us because they are jealous.

The Alien's are fattening us up...Rod Serling's story "To serve man".. All kidding aside it is a tradgedy. My wife and I raised 5 children. All ate toghter at dinner. No special meals. No Big allowances to buy Pizza on way home from school. They were taught to save for something good. No big bowls of chips and sweet soda watching TV. TV was a family affair at designated time allowed. We both worked but, we alternated our schedules to allow time to be with the kids, sure homework done, and made sure they had nutricious meals: all balanced. Not all starch or full of fat. It isn't hard, it is just planning and caring love. This article is not well thought out, sorry to say.

i give my kids a choice between healthy foods!! my kids would rather have a fresh cored apple fo rdesert than cookies and i subbed popcorn and chex 9with extra nuts added to make it more filling) in place of all the chips and cookies they ate before also i use alot of healthy things instead of deep fried in conola oil i shallow fry in coconut oil or olive oil or bake it!! i also choose cereals that are lower in sugar and fat than the generics with all the frosting on them. so it can be a good thing to have them choose between baked chicken or steak with alternative seasoning instead of alot of salt and when i can afford it i use unrefined seasalt when i need the salt or mabey some salad. my kids have no problem with healthy foods!! SO what is this about it being a bad idea to have a two year old choose what they can eat?

rick, what hole did you fall out of? Children of overweight parents may be GENETICALLY disposed to being overweight. Kind of like you are genetically disposed to be like you are due to inbreeding.

to: 'wurf'. Let me guess: fat yourself, fat spouse, fat children and do not want to do anything about it? The more genetically PREdisposed your children are to obesity, the more you, as a consern parent should do about their eating habbits and work-out routine. Nobody talk about super-model figure, just maintain a healthful weight for your body type. It'll help them avoid type II diabetis and all the concequences it entails: high blood pressure, blindness, amputated limbs, frequent infections, kidnie failure.
Those who want to fix the problem, look for a solution; those who do not, look for an exuse.
Obesity may caused by a desease, but it is not a desease itself; most often in this country, it's a result of lazyness.

You want to call obese people fat?
And mammoth?
My mom is overweight.
She was 98 pounds growing up. After she became pregnant, she developed gal stones. They became so bad that she had to have an emergency surgery.
Ever since, she has had chronic pancreatitis, causing her food to not break down.
She is overweight because of something she cannot handle.
She calls herself fat daily.
SHE CAN'T HELP IT.
You are the most rude person.
Go back to college, change majors, and never become a journalist.
You shouldn't be allowed to have children.

Why only America then is infected with eating disorders to the point it's called an epidemic?Why only African-AMERICAN are more prone to high blood pressure and diabetis and not the entire African continent? Unhealthfull American diet and sedentary life style is the answer to these questions

Well, teach your children some discipline, then, and have them help you cook a healthy meal. Will come in handy later on in their lives ( both, discipline and cooking). I grew up very poor, in an apartment with wooden stove and bathroom outdoors. My single Mom had to work 6 days a week to provide cheapest food available - and it still was healthful. I was helping her sinse the age of 5.
Those who want to fix the problem look for a solution. Those who do not, look for an exuse. Which one are you?

Perhaps if you don't have the time raise your offspring correctly you should let somebody else do it.

Performing tasks poorly because doing them well is difficult is hardly an excuse.

What a load of BS. I was a single mom, working full time and I ALWAYS found time to exercise. And still do.

Hey, Kaitlin, why are you so bitter? Several postings bashing the author, using the personal term that do not make you look any better than he is, sort of. He doesn't talk about those who are overweght due to ilness, only about those who are too lazy to do anything about it. And it's an epidemic in the States. His terminology is provocative, but, if you think about it - so true, so descriptive! Yours, on the other hand, is chosen to attack him personally, and is very offencive.
You sound very stressed. It also another cause of overeating and obesity. Try some yoga; you can do it on your own, without taking classes. And hope your Mom get better.