Dear Queenie,
My sister’s children are quite fat, even though their parents serve healthy foods and are quite fit.
The problem seems to be that they let the kids eat whatever they want and as much as they want between meals – all sorts of junk food and candy and such. The parents make a lot of snarky comments about how much the kids weigh and how fat they are, but they don’t even try to control what the kids eat.
Queenie, I feel sorry for those children, but what can I do?—Worried uncle
Dear Uncle,
It is possible that what the children have is “baby fat” and will drop off when they reach puberty and go through a growth spurt, not to mention getting more interested in their appearance.
However, it would be better for them to learn good eating habits from young, so you could try talking to their parents about your concerns.
