April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days

With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.

Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.

Today’s Tip – Here is something you can do to help the kids.

Become an advocate for change. This month we will explore things you can do to make a difference.

We already discussed reporting doctors who are complicit in child abuse by breaking the law and not reporting nutritionally abused children to the authorities.

Today we will discuss so-called fast foods and how you can help kids who eat fast foods better control their weight.

You may recall that McDonald’s used to serve “super-sized” portions as an option.

Well, during school hours, if fast food places sold “student-size (tm)” portions, i.e., smaller servings, only to school age kids, that might decrease the number of Calories they consume at that meal.

Student Size Me! (tm)

Sounds good, eh?

Phone, write or email your representatives if you think this is an action that could help.