Yahoo Parenting – Christine Coppa
“Forget pushy parents and peer pressure. The secret for teens who succeeded at losing weight, and keeping it off, according to new research: Making the choice to slim down for their own sake. Of teens who lost an average of 30 pounds (and maintained it for a year), 60 percent say they were motivated by their own decision to focus on their health…According to the teens in the study, parents help the most simply by modeling healthy behaviors and providing more nutritious options for meals and snacks.”(more)