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verykiasumummy:

hercules:

My P2 child just told me last week during a general conversation about healthy / unhealthy food.

He said it's useless for canteen to ban soft drinks and ice cream in his canteen as there is a mobile stall that will be stationed just outside his school. After school, children will crowd around the stall to buy soft drinks and ice cream.

I asked him then how?

He said, \"Ban pocket money!\"

for young kids, i dun think BAN totally is a good solution, the more they are deprived, the more they will want to drink whenever they get the chance... overdrinking once in a while may cause even more serious problems..

drink and eat those junk food moderately with due exercises done would be better...

Not total ban. Just removing it from schools. Primary schools for a start. Where young kids are unsupervised when making the purchase. When they are out of school, parents or caregivers are the ones to supervise their choice.

For that mobile stall outside the school, it poses no problems for kids on school buses or private transport. As for those who walk home, younger ones will usually have their caregivers to bring them home so it is the responsibility of the caregivers to decide whether the child can or cannot have that sugary drink.

The whole idea is to make water their first choice for thirst quencher and schools can support that.

[verykiasumummy]

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verykiasumummy:

[quote=\"hercules\"]
My P2 child just told me last week during a general conversation about healthy / unhealthy food.

He said it's useless for canteen to ban soft drinks and ice cream in his canteen as there is a mobile stall that will be stationed just outside his school. After school, children will crowd around the stall to buy soft drinks and ice cream.

I asked him then how?

He said, \"Ban pocket money!\"

for young kids, i dun think BAN totally is a good solution, the more they are deprived, the more they will want to drink whenever they get the chance... overdrinking once in a while may cause even more serious problems..

drink and eat those junk food moderately with due exercises done would be better...

Not total ban. Just removing it from schools. Primary schools for a start. Where young kids are unsupervised when making the purchase. When they are out of school, parents or caregivers are the ones to supervise their choice.

For that mobile stall outside the school, it poses no problems for kids on school buses or private transport. As for those who walk home, younger ones will usually have their caregivers to bring them home so it is the responsibility of the caregivers to decide whether the child can or cannot have that sugary drink.

The whole idea is to make water their first choice for thirst quencher and schools can support that.[/quote]i began to wonder if the mobile stall owner is those old uncles and aunties... they could be just trying to make a living... outside the sch is just the next best place they could think of rather than outside shopping centres which is not allowed..

i think most schs support that... could be a minority still not planning for the change...

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verykiasumummy:

i began to wonder if the mobile stall owner is those old uncles and aunties... they could be just trying to make a living... outside the sch is just the next best place they could think of rather than outside shopping centres which is not allowed..

i think most schs support that... could be a minority still not planning for the change...

Yup they are only trying to make a living. Not faulting them.

Not sure about your kids' school. But both my kids' schools do sell soft drinks. I have friends with kids in other schools saying their kids spend most of their pocket money on bottled drinks and stationery.

[verykiasumummy]

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verykiasumummy:

i began to wonder if the mobile stall owner is those old uncles and aunties... they could be just trying to make a living... outside the sch is just the next best place they could think of rather than outside shopping centres which is not allowed..

i think most schs support that... could be a minority still not planning for the change...

Yup they are only trying to make a living. Not faulting them.

Not sure about your kids' school. But both my kids' schools do sell soft drinks. I have friends with kids in other schools saying their kids spend most of their pocket money on bottled drinks and stationery.

because of that, kids should be taught not to buy too often...

i give my ds3 $1.50 as this is all he needs to eat in school.. however, when he is exceptionally good, i give him extra $1 to buy snacks or soft drinks... i do this once in a mth or once in 2 mths...

[mommylow]

Obesity can also be genetically induced, besides unhealthy eating. My DH is a big man with rather dense bones. Unfortunately my dd1 has inherited his genes and is overweight. My DS is just fine like me but my dd2 is severely underweight!


I cannot fathom why my family members have such extreme weights among us. We hardly eat out except for certain occasions or the weekends for dinners. Our staples are brown rice and wholemeal bread, and we eat lots of fruits and vegetable smoothies, packed with good fibre. I hardly deep fry our food or let the DCs snack on titbits or sugary drinks. We only visit Macdonalds or KFC maybe at the most 8 times a year. Strangely, my dd1 is still overweight. She eats less than my DS. Likewise for DH, he eats very little carbo and very lightly for dinner. Yet both of them have more than enough flesh to spare. So I am baffled and have only 'fat' genes to blame on just like some people have 'tall' genes. :roll:

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mommylow:

Obesity can also be genetically induced, besides unhealthy eating. My DH is a big man with rather dense bones. Unfortunately my dd1 has inherited his genes and is overweight. My DS is just fine like me but my dd2 is severely underweight!


I cannot fathom why my family members have such extreme weights among us. We hardly eat out except for certain occasions or the weekends for dinners. Our staples are brown rice and wholemeal bread, and we eat lots of fruits and vegetable smoothies, packed with good fibre. I hardly deep fry our food or let the DCs snack on titbits or sugary drinks. We only visit Macdonalds or KFC maybe at the most 8 times a year. Strangely, my dd1 is still overweight. She eats less than my DS. Likewise for DH, he eats very little carbo and very lightly for dinner. Yet both of them have more than enough flesh to spare. So I am baffled and have only 'fat' genes to blame on just like some people have 'tall' genes. :roll:

See which dominant genes your DC inherit. Maybe, need to exercise more. Taking too much carbo also not good as it will turns to fat if not burned off.

Often, when I see a really overweight couple, their DC also overweight.

[AceTutors123]

Sun_2010:

Not like you to complain i tot. Must be the trait from either you or your DW.
Anyway, DD also had a similar problem. She was 50 percentile for age weight charts, but underweight with weight-height chart. That was from P2 to P4-P5. I would have liked her to have a little surplus in the reserve to come in handy during illness (why do i sound like the gah-ment?). At one point I did indulge in fatty foods in the hopes she would put on some weight. No luck. A holistic health practioner then advised me that giving her wholesome , easier to digest food would help better absorbtion. Heavy food probably taxes her digestion even more, so in the end all down the loo. So healthy food all the way is a better bet.

Healthy eating habits go a long way.After P5 she started to get to a more reasonable weight. She kept growing taller and taller, becoming taller than me by P6 ( mind ya I no shortie). Now she at 14 seemed to have hit her limit.

So dun worry, as long as she is feeling healthy and energetic, its ok.

Thanks Sun_2010, I really need this. Haven't been able to get myself out of the underweight category. Unlike pirate's DD, who's so lucky to be able grow taller from exercising, I just get lighter. Geez

-Justin

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I think a lot of parents still want to see their kids with a little bit of meat on their bones. I have learned, being healthy is more important. If the kid is not severely underweight or ‘undertall’ and is functioning like any normal healthy kid, don’t sweat the small stuff.


DD was a tiny gal and rather poor eater when she was younger. She was always below the 50 percentile, be it for weight or height. I get the usual comments like why so skinny, and things like I am starving her and when I restrict her intake of junk food, people tell me she can afford to have them. Thing is, while at one point I did obsess about her weight, was willing to accept height ‘deficiency’ since DH and I are short, after some time, I realise that though on the smaller side, DD was rather healthy, bright and active. Now at 9yrs old, she is no longer underweight, though she is not that tall, she belongs to the average category and still healthy, bright and active.

[AceTutors123]

Funz:

I think a lot of parents still want to see their kids with a little bit of meat on their bones. I have learned, being healthy is more important. If the kid is not severely underweight or 'undertall' and is functioning like any normal healthy kid, don't sweat the small stuff.


DD was a tiny gal and rather poor eater when she was younger. She was always below the 50 percentile, be it for weight or height. I get the usual comments like why so skinny, and things like I am starving her and when I restrict her intake of junk food, people tell me she can afford to have them. Thing is, while at one point I did obsess about her weight, was willing to accept height 'deficiency' since DH and I are short, after some time, I realise that though on the smaller side, DD was rather healthy, bright and active. Now at 9yrs old, she is no longer underweight, though she is not that tall, she belongs to the average category and still healthy, bright and active.

True true. And by healthy a chinese physician will look at the state of the internal organs yea? The liver, kidneys, heart etc. haha

-Justin

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Funz:

I think a lot of parents still want to see their kids with a little bit of meat on their bones. I have learned, being healthy is more important. If the kid is not severely underweight or 'undertall' and is functioning like any normal healthy kid, don't sweat the small stuff.


DD was a tiny gal and rather poor eater when she was younger. She was always below the 50 percentile, be it for weight or height. I get the usual comments like why so skinny, and things like I am starving her and when I restrict her intake of junk food, people tell me she can afford to have them. Thing is, while at one point I did obsess about her weight, was willing to accept height 'deficiency' since DH and I are short, after some time, I realise that though on the smaller side, DD was rather healthy, bright and active. Now at 9yrs old, she is no longer underweight, though she is not that tall, she belongs to the average category and still healthy, bright and active.

Although our height or weight may be determined to a large extent by our genes, there will still be growth spurt. As long as DC eat healthy and exercise, they will have a good chance of growing taller than their parents as DC nowadays are better fed nutritionally.