Yet another study found that parents of overweight teens don't identify the kids as being overweight, and the kids don't see a problem either. There's been a whole slew of these "parents don't know kids are fat"
things lately. When both groups were asked if they thought the
adolescents, who all have type 2 diabetes, were "very overweight,
slightly overweight, about right, slightly thin, or very thin?" only 41
percent of the parents and 35 percent of the kids reported 'very
overweight', even though 87 percent were considered overweight by
accepted standards. The researchers say this is a problem because
recognition of a weight problem is the first step in making lifestyle
and diet changes. But, well, I gotta cry "bullshit" on this one.
Frankly, I still do have some trouble accepting the premise that
in this weight-obsessed society, the teenagers involved don't have any
idea they might be overweight, even if the parents are blind to it. But...
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