Overweight Teens and Tweens

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If your tween is overweight, the worst thing that you can do is discuss their weight with your tween. The best thing you can do is model a healthy lifestyle. So, eating healthy foods, cooking together, exercising together; that will make the difference. I generally trust that a tween is going to have a growth spurt. They are going to thin out. If they have good eating habits and they get enough exercise, they are going to be healthy. I don't ever focus on weight with young children.

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Lisa Stern, MD

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Dr. Lisa is a pediatrician at Tenth Street Pediatrics in Santa Monica. Following her training at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and UCLA Medical Center she began to practice a style of medicine that encourages a common sense approach to health and wellness. She empowers parents to use the resources available to them and teaches them to trust their own judgment. She feels strongly that people come to parenthood with their own history and it is valuable to have a objective third party to discuss the big and small issues that parents face on a daily basis. Lisa's patients range from healthy children to those with complex medical histories.

 

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If your tween is overweight, the worst thing that you can do is discuss their weight with your tween. The best thing you can do is model a healthy lifestyle. So, eating healthy foods, cooking together, exercising together; that will make the difference. I generally trust that a tween is going to have a growth spurt. They are going to thin out. If they have good eating habits and they get enough exercise, they are going to be healthy. I don't ever focus on weight with young children.