Blubber Is In The Eyes Of The Beholder
The rest of the world may see a big fat kid, but chances are his parents thinks he's perfect just the way he is.
A new study found that 4 out of 5 parents of really fat kids view them as normal or, perhaps, a tad on the chunky side. You know, "big boned."
We're not talking about babies either (the only people who can get away with being potbellied and toothless). We're talking gradeschoolers.
Here's the skinny. Among parents with an obese, or extremely overweight, child aged 6 to 11,
43 percent said their child was "about the right weight," 37 percent responded "slightly overweight," and 13 percent said "very overweight."
Seven percent of parents actually said their little fatty fat fat was "slightly underweight." Can you spell D-E-N-I-A-L?
January 09, 2008
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