Children's Diet Book? Are you kidding me?

Many of you may have read about the recent controversy of a children's book called Maggie goes on a Diet by the author Paul Kramer. The book made for children with a reading level of 4-8 years old and bright illustrations to entice our young readers.

I don't know about you but I am quite disturbed by this.

As a person who is an believes in a healthy lifestyle and looking great, I always thought that the subject of self image is off limits when it comes to children. I feel that when you introduce something that promotes external beauty which is a topic obsessed by adults to kids as young as 4 years old, it is wrong in so many levels not to mention robbing them of their innocence.

Saying to a kid that you need to diet because you are fat is just crazy to me. Children are allowed to believe in Santa Claus and magical creatures because that is where they are at the moment. Let them enjoy it. The last thing you want is for a child to believe that she is the odd one out because of the way she looks. Plus enforcing this notion will give those kids who are not overweight to make fun of those who are. Shouldn't we teach children to embrace differences instead?

If kids are overweight, it's not them that we should educate but the parents who stuff their children with junk food. Children don't know any better. It's the adults who have to be responsible for their actions.

I don't think the word diet should even be in children's vocabulary anyway. But that's just me.

Watch the author's "justification" below.



Not convincing. The irony is the author ends with saying that you should not judge a book by it's cover but isn't that's what the book is teaching to children?

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National Geographic's Taboo: Fat

In much of the West thin is beautiful, and fat is taboo. But a new health epidemic is sweeping the planet: obesity. We follow the story of Alan, who at 650 pounds is imprisoned in his own bedroom. In Mauritania mothers risk the health of their daughters by force-feeding them to fatten them for marriage. In the U.S.A., Deidra, a 450 pound model is fat, proud and happy. And 24 "plus size" women push the ideals of beauty when they compete in the Miss Plus America Pageant.

Drinking milk may help you get rid of unwanted weight?

Hey everyone, since this is my first post I thought share something interesting like... eating more calcium results in losing more fat via the stool?

I've been trying hard to stay clear of dairy products all this while until I saw this on WebMD..

Drinking higher amounts of milk or eating other dairy foods may help you win the battle of the bulge, according to new research published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

It's not like I'm gonna have a diary buffet after reading this, but it's comforting to know that I don't have to feel super guilty after having that large mug of latte! Plus, it's great that they get a second opinion on the topic so people reading it can have a balanced view. Like most things in life, everything is good in moderation :) Find out what happens to milk when it enters and goes of your body, read the article.

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