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Do you think there would be less childhood obesity if parents didn't require kids to finish their plates?


(And started with smaller portions?)

I think this would be one step toward fighting childhood obesity, but it won't solve the problem on its own. Keeping healthy foods on hand and minimizing junk food, exercising together as a family, getting kids involved in preparing healthy meals, encouraging physical activity, setting a good example for them by having the parents also follow good diet and exercise routines--all of these things can help as well. It takes more than just one small change to keep kids healthy. The most important thing is to teach them healthy habits that they will follow into adulthood. Kids who overeat and don't exercise are likely to become adults who overeat and don't exercise, but building healthy habits in kids will help them become healthy adults.
Well, my parents always made me eat 3 Big Macs for dinner since I was 6 years old, and I am 6' 185 lbs now which I think is pretty good.

Robble Robble.
Exactly.

This finish your plate business is a holdover from our parents (mine anyway, I'm a child of the Sixties) coping mechanism for the Great Depression.
no then the would be malnutrition and more obesitty,parents force kids to finish their places cuz they eat the good parts of the meal(mostly the unhealthy and fatty parts)and say thier full without eating thier veggies.
I dont think their would be less obesity. It doesnt matter how much is on their plate, its what they are eating and the excercise they are getting. If they have a smaller plate, topped with fattening foods, and sit in front of the tv all day, obesity would not go down.
maybe, but the solution is to encourage them to eat right and exercise, and not let them be gluttons, because diabetes in children is self-inflicted.
The problem is not making the kids finish their
plates.Now portion control can be a problem.But I think the biggest cause of childhood obesity comes from junk food and
sugar and over eating these foods.
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