Weight loss and kids: lose weight with your children

Are your kids a little more chubby than they should be? Consider making weight loss a family affair. Losing weight is good for you: you’ll have more energy and more confidence, and so will your kids.

Family weight loss the easy way

Here are some easy tips to help the whole family to slim down:

* Clear out your cupboards and pantry of sweet treats. With calorie-heavy snacks always on hand, it’s hard to resist them when hunger strikes;

* Have breakfast. A bowl of high-fiber cereal and fruit starts the day right;

* Your children pick up their attitude to food and weight from you. Don’t talk about losing weight in a negative way, emphasize the positive factors of having more energy to have more fun;

* If your children baulk at eating their vegetables, don’t give up. Take the attitude that you eat for health, not only for pleasure. Keep serving the vegetables, without comment.

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