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Monday, 16 April, 2012
Tackling obesity in young kids by talking to them
A quarter of a million children in Switzerland are overweight. But as a parent how would you feel if you received a letter from your child’s school—telling you just that? A controversial pilot project has been launched in the cantons of Bern and Fribourg to help kids between five and eight and their families—giving them access to a doctor for two years. Some argue the kids are too young to be put on a formal diet programme and others say it isn’t up to schools to get involved. So how will the scheme work? WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to Dr. Damian Meli from the General Practice Medicine Institute in Bern:
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Ages 5-8 is too young.They are still growing, and do not understand the concept of how important it is to have a balance diet. Better to focus re-educating parents about what to give their kids.
It is all about moderation, a balance diet and lifestyle.
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