overweight kids

You spend your day worrying about every calorie your son consumes, dreading every bag of potato chips he buys, trying fruitlessly to convince him to exercise daily – if your son is one of the 1.6 million overweight children in Canada, this situation would be familiar to you. At such a juncture, the question then is what are your options if you want your son to lead a healthy life? If your son is below the age of ten, he is too young for Weight Watchers. So you decide to try your luck in the gleaming, scary confines of Dr. Bernstein Health and Diet Clinic. Though the fact that a boy lost 52 pounds in just three-and-a-half month inspires confidence, what worries you, is the fact that your little boy would be administered 3 vitamin-B shots a week and would have to be under a strict diet that leaves no room for mistakes!

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Nevertheless, success stories are not hard to find. Sandy Alvarez from Fredericton, was yet another worried mom, who realized very early on that her 75-pound five-year-old kid had a problem. He asked for food all the time, and though the family doctor had restricted snacks, nothing seemed to help. The fact that the family had three balanced meals a day, along with healthy juices, skimmed milk and lots of water, did not do anything to curb Mike, her son’s weight. To make matters worse for the anxious mother, a local pediatrician told her that Mike would always remain fat!

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