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Parents Don't Pay Attention to Childhood Obesity

  • November 26, 2004

If you're a parent and very concerned about the health of your kids, take a good look at them today. Have they gained a few pounds over the past year? Are they feeling more sluggish than usual? British researchers suspect you may not be paying enough attention to them. Only 25 percent of some 300 parents polled actually recognized their children were overweight. Moreover, when their children were obese, a third of mothers and 57 percent of fathers thought the weight of their sons and...