Parents of obese kids may be more ready to tackle diet than exercise

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Parents of obese kids may be more ready to tackle diet than exercise

By Shereen Lehman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents of overweight and obese kids may want to help their kids be healthier, but they’re more often willing to make changes in children’s diets than in their activity levels, according to a new study. Researchers found that addressing parents’ beliefs about themselves and their kids, and encouraging doctors to talk about the importance of physical activity could remove important obstacles to obese childrens’ weight loss. “We thought about doing this study because when we worked with families to try to engage them in weight loss, we noticed differences in parent’s readiness to change dietary behaviors versus physical activity behaviors,” said Dr. Kyung Rhee, who was at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, when she led the study. “They weren’t always ready to do both â€" some families were ready to do one versus the other, but when you’re really trying to engage in weight loss, it’s important to engage in both,” said Rhee, a pediatrician at the University of California, San Diego.

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