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Helping Our Kids Maintain a Healthy Weight, Part 1

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The 2007 Expert Committee Recommendations on Childhood & Adolescent Overweight & Obesity included some great information to help families achieve and/or maintain a healthy weight.  The committee identified three behaviors with strong evidence showing the behavior caused excessive calorie intake.  Each behavior is modifiable so making these three changes can have a significant impact on helping all family members maintain a healthy weight. Each of my articles for the next three months will discuss one of the behaviors and provide specific suggestions for families.

Behavior #1:

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Cleaning Out the Cupboards

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Do you have frozen food at the bottom of your freezer that you forgot you had?  How about canned food and non-perishables like pasta that have been sitting in your cupboards for longer than you can remember?  You bought this food, probably with some recipe in mind, and now have no clue what you were intending to make. That's my situation.  Our family is moving to Ohio and I'm trying to clean out my well-stocked cupboards and chest freezer.  But what
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How Does Your Diet Compare?

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How would you describe your diet?  Many of us would describe our diets as pretty healthy.  But do we really know?  Have you analyzed your diet to learn how many calories you're consuming?  How many grams of fat and saturated fat you're eating?  I bring this topic up because within the last year, I've had two family members seek my help after trips to their doctor revealed that their diets were not as healthy as they thought. One family member was
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