All posts tagged "child obesity"
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Valerie Williams | January 2, 2015
It’s Never Acceptable To Call A Child ‘Fat’
I truly believe it is never acceptable to call a child fat or to suggest they could "get...
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Bethany Ramos | May 2, 2014
It’s A Sad Day When We Turn The Story Of Morbidly Obese Babies Into Typical Fat Shaming
I have to admit, when I first saw some of the click-bait titles surrounding the morbidly obese eight-month-old...
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Bethany Ramos | March 20, 2014
Strict Parents Need To Simmer Down Because You’re Making Your Kid Fat
A recent study linking authoritarian parents to child obesity kind of blows my mind. I was raised by...
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Eve Vawter | January 7, 2014
Study Claims Spoon Fed Babies Are More Likely To Be Overweight So Let Them Mash Their Bananas In Their Hair
All of you spoon-wielding parents out there, say goodbye to the "Here comes the choo-choo" while you attempt...
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Koa Beck | January 15, 2013
Notorious Fat-Shaming Mom Dara-Lynn Weiss Says You And Vogue Got Her All Wrong
If you weren't on the Internet the day that Dara-Lynn Weiss's now infamous Vogue article "The...
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Lindsay Cross | June 24, 2012
Put Down The Wii: ‘Active’ Video Games Don’t Help Kids Get Healthy
You felt really excited when you picked up that Wii a couple years ago, didn't you? Your kids...