re: They Say: Text Messaging Can Fight Childhood Obesity

leahsmom — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:03:31 GMT

Ugh - it's hard to set up something like this in a healthy way, to my mind - every adult I've ever heard about whose parents were tracking everything put into their mouths as a child grew up to have a serious problem eating when hungry and stopping when full and is much more likely to have major issues around food. That's all anecdotal on my part, but I'd still have a hard time doing this to my kid as she was growing up. Isn't there a way to help a kid you think isn't eating right without turning into a food monitor?