Children's Weight Loss Must Be Family Affair to Be Successful. Julie Sevrens Lyons.
by Lyons, Julie Sevrens; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 32Family. Publisher: San Jose Mercury News, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Family | Obesity in adolescence | Obesity in children | Overweight children | Weight lossDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Jazmin A. Leipsic cried when classmates called her 'fatty,' 'chubby' and 'gorda.' She despaired when she realized her growing weight was driving away friends. At 4 feet 8 and 118 pounds, the 10-year-old was already 30 pounds over her ideal weight, too big to wear children's clothes. But losing friends and being teased wasn't enough to spur Jazmin to lose weight. It took a stern warning from her pediatrician: Obesity was making her sick. Her cholesterol was dangerously high. Her liver was malfunctioning....The Leipsics turned to something that didn't exist until recently: a weight-loss program just for children." (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS) This article describes how pediatric weight-loss programs such as California's Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center can provide the special help children need to lose weight, but stresses that the involvement of families is crucial to help the kids "stick with the diet and exercise requirements."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Children's Weight Loss Must Be Family Affair to Be Successful, March 10, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Jazmin A. Leipsic cried when classmates called her 'fatty,' 'chubby' and 'gorda.' She despaired when she realized her growing weight was driving away friends. At 4 feet 8 and 118 pounds, the 10-year-old was already 30 pounds over her ideal weight, too big to wear children's clothes. But losing friends and being teased wasn't enough to spur Jazmin to lose weight. It took a stern warning from her pediatrician: Obesity was making her sick. Her cholesterol was dangerously high. Her liver was malfunctioning....The Leipsics turned to something that didn't exist until recently: a weight-loss program just for children." (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS) This article describes how pediatric weight-loss programs such as California's Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center can provide the special help children need to lose weight, but stresses that the involvement of families is crucial to help the kids "stick with the diet and exercise requirements."
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