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Topic: Childhood Obesity News - Many Parents Can't See Child's Obesity - Washington Post

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Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. The problem was that 40 percent of youths ages 6 to 11 whose parents described them as “about the right weight” were actually obese. Parental concern about a child’s obesity was lowest in the Midwest (13 percent) and highest in the Northeast (37 percent). Experts say the study underscores the disconnect between public awareness of childhood obesity as a public health problem and the ability to recognize it in one’s children. In recent years some pediatricians have called on doctors to take a more direct approach with parents in addressing the issue, which some physicians have avoided mentioning because they feared offending families. Read Childhood Obesity

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