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In fact, social researchers Michael Gard and Jan Wright (2004) point to studies that show:
today's children, in both developing and industrialized countries, are taller and heavier than in the past, in spite of relatively stable or falling energy intakes among children from industrialized countries. Their fat intakes are falling and the percentage of total energy derived from protein is rising. Lower energy intakes are apparent even among young children and seem to be more pronounced in girls than in boys (Rolland-Cachera and Bellisle 2002:74) (Gard and Wright, p. 115)."
While there is evidence that is compelling in both research camps, the result is that parents are, today, taking a more concerted role in their children's nutritional needs and paying closer attention to the ways in which their children spend their leisure time. Whether or not childhood obesity is the urgent problem that some experts suggest it is, we know that childhood obesity gives rise to problems of self-image, self-worth, and, especially in today's fashion conscience, physically fit world this can be disastrous to a child's mental health. Today we see many young girls and even boys suffering weight related neuroses, like anorexia and bulimia. Both these conditions can be thwarted with early intervention, when parents take a disciplined interest in and proactive approach to family nutrition (Lindsay, Sussner, Kim, and Gortmaker, 2006, p. 169).
Being proactive in physical fitness and nutrition leads to parenting approaches that cause parents to be diligent in other areas of their children's lives, such as what they watch on television, the kind of music they listen to, the hours they...
Whether one accepts the research that says childhood obesity is epidemic, or, instead, chooses to believe it is not a problem, that researchers and advertisers would have us believe it is; the ways in which the problems associated with it and the solutions have effectively redirected parenting in healthier and more positive ways.
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