The Straight Scoop About Childhood Obesity » Childhood Obesity http://childobesitycourse.com/blog Learn the truths about the news and stories you see in the media related to childhood obesity Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:31:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Ellyn Satter’s - The Vision Times http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/the-vision-times/ http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/the-vision-times/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:31:18 +0000 Allen http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/the-vision-times/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Ellyn Satter’s - The Vision Times", url: "http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/the-vision-times/" } ); ]]> I just received by mail a copy of “The Vision Times” — the newsletter written by Ellyn Satter which is published four times per year.

The subtitle of this newsletter is “Applying the Trust Model for feeding and parenting.”

In my opinion, Ellyn Satter understands the principles of child weight management better than any other person on the planet.

Her work is primarily focused on educating medical professionals (dieticians, nutritionists, physicians) on her “trusting model for feeding and parenting.”

In her most recent newsletter she discusses how people who go into nutrition and dietetics end up devoting much of their time and energy to telling others what to eat. Instead, she says these professionals need to go beyond food selection and emphasize feeding dynamics.

In other words, Ellyn Satter believes dieticians and nuritionists should teach parents HOW TO FEED their children rather than overemphasizing WHAT kids should eat.

If you are considering working with a dietician or nutritionist, you should strongly consider finding somone who is familiar with Ellyn Satter’s work.

Allen Oelschlaeger
Author of The Straight Scoop About Childhood Obesity

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]]> http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/the-vision-times/feed/ Childhood obesity and visceral fat http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/childhood-obesity-and-visceral-fat/ http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/childhood-obesity-and-visceral-fat/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:55:23 +0000 Allen http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/childhood-obesity-and-visceral-fat/ SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Childhood obesity and visceral fat", url: "http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/childhood-obesity-and-visceral-fat/" } ); ]]> Here’s some sad news.

Between the periods of 1988-1994 and 1999-2004 the prevalence of abdominal obesity (higher levels of visceral fat) among children between the ages of 2 and 19 years, increased by over 65%.

This is a real problem because visceral fat has emerged as an important predictor for heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

I think everyone knows that our kids are getting heavier, but researchers can only guess what that will mean to their long-term health. There just isn’t any good data that predicts — with great confidence — the impact of higher weights among kids.

However, there is a large body of evidence that high levels of visceral fat does predict future health problems. This new study should create grave concern

I’ve said it before. We as a society need to get real about addressing the problem of childhood obesity.

Allen Oelschlaeger
Author of The Straight Scoop About Childhood Obesity

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]]> http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/childhood-obesity-and-visceral-fat/feed/ Welcome to my blog about child obesity http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/welcome-to-my-blog-about-child-obesity/ http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/welcome-to-my-blog-about-child-obesity/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:45:59 +0000 Allen http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/?p=4 SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Welcome to my blog about child obesity", url: "http://childobesitycourse.com/blog/welcome-to-my-blog-about-child-obesity/" } ); ]]> If you’ve reached this page and are not familiar with me, I encourage you to review the About Allen page to gain some understanding of where I’m coming from. If you do, you’ll learn that I’m on a personal mission to discredit the mainstream and fad beliefs about weight loss that have so-obviously failed us (and which are totally unsupported by the evidence) – and to convince the world there is a completely different approach to losing weight that actually works due to its precise alignment with the true nature of human physiology. To learn more about this mission, please visit Truths Publishing.

This blog is one component of my efforts that’s focused on childhood obesity. Here I review recent media reports related to this topic and try to clarify the confusing, contradictory and inaccurate information that’s so prevalent. My goal if for you to understand the fundamental and unchanging truths about child weight management so you can be confident you’re doing the right thing to support your child’s health. 
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Thanks for visiting.

If you want the straight scoop about what you read in the media about childhood obesity, this is your source.

Whenever you see a big media story (or even some small stories) on this topic, you can expect I will post something here within a couple of days which shares the truths behind the story.

I look forward to keeping you up-to-date.

Allen Oelschlaeger
Author of The Straight Scoop About Childhood Obesity

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