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Posts on ‘September 13th, 2007’

Some tips on preventing childhood obesity

child in front of computer

I am not a nutritionist therefore cannot give you the 411 on diet, but I thought it would be interesting to take a psychological perspective on it. Obesity is a major problem that exists in our society today. If we can stop it early on, I believe that that we can decrease the problem later on. My boyfriend and I came up with some techniques that we would like to use when we have children.

  1. Don’t fall for children targeted marketing

    Although some companies are making an effort to stop using child-targeted marketing such as Disney characters on unhealthy cereal boxes, there are still many unhealthy products out there that use child targeted marketing.