限制加糖饮料，包括那些含有果汁的饮料。那些饮料除了提供高热量外没有太多的营养价值，并让你的孩子感到很饱而不愿意吃健康的食物。

    “Select recipes and methods of cooking that are lower in fat. For example，bake chicken instead of frying it.

    选用低脂肪的烹饪方法和菜系。比如说，我们用烤鸡儿不用炸鸡。

    “Put colorful food on the table：green and yellow vegetables，fruits of various colors，and brown（whole-grain）breads. Limit white carbohydrates：rice，pasta，bleached bread and sugar（desserts）。

    选用色彩丰富的食物：绿的或者黄的蔬菜，不同颜色的水果，褐色的面包（全麦的）。减少含碳水化合物的白色食物，如米饭、意大利面、白面包或者是食糖（还有点心）。

    “Sit down together for family meals. Make it an event - a time to share news and tell stories. Eating in front of the television fosters mindless munching.

    全家坐在一起吃饭。可以将聚餐弄成一种分享新鲜事和讲故事活动。在电视前面吃饭让人漫不经心的咀嚼食物。

    “Limit your children's recreational screen time to fewer than two hours a day.

    把孩子面对显示屏娱乐的时间限制在一天2小时以内。

    “During your child's physical exams，ask the doctor to show you the growth curves giving percentiles for height，weight，and body mass index（BMI）。These allow you to compare your child with the norms for age and sex.

    在孩子体检时，向医生索要显示孩子体重和升高增长的百分比的成长曲线和体质指标（BMI）。通过这些数据你可以把你的孩子与同性别同年龄的孩子正常的身体情况进行对比。

    Don't make it a battle

    不要做过了

    Parents often must balance on a tightrope between giving too much and too little attention to their child's obesity. Because many overweight children already feel bad about themselves，you should make sure they know you love them unconditionally.

    父母通常必须在过于关注孩子的肥胖问题和关注不足之间找一个平衡点。因为往往很多超重的孩子自己应经对自己的体型感到不满了，所以你应该让他们知道无论怎么样你都爱他们。

    Offer healthy food to your children，but don't force it on them. Avoid fad diets. In many cases，simply maintaining a child's present weight is good enough - providing the opportunity for the child to grow into his or her pounds.

    给他们提供健康的饮食，但不要强迫他们接受。避免流行的时尚食物。在很多的情况下，保持现在孩子的体质就足够了，应该给他们机会让他们长到他们适当的体重。

    Minorities at higher risk、

    少数民族的压力更大

    Although the obesity rate has increased dramatically for all U.S. children，certain ethnic minorities - blacks，Hispanics and American Indians - have been experiencing the highest rates of increase. Nearly 25 percent of children in these ethnic groups are obese by medical standards.joozone.com