1. Obesity is the condition of being significantly overweight. (1 point)
True
False
2. Obesity is body weight that is normal for that particular age, sex and height. (1 point)
True
False
3. The number of children in the United States who are obese has dramatically decreased over the past two decades. (1 point)
True
False
4. The primary cause of obesity in children is either due to overeating, inadequate exercise or eating disorder. (1 point)
True
False
5. Drinking too much milk is a cause of childhood obesity. (1 point)
True
False
6. The average American child watches 19 hours and 40 minutes of TV a week. (1 point)
True
False
7. One pound of body fat represents about 1500 stored calories. (1 point)
True
False
8. High-density lipoproteins (HDL) are considered “good” cholesterol (1 point)
True
False
9. Saturated fatslower cholesterol levels in the body and decrease the risk of heart disease. (1 point)
True
False
10. Trans fatty acidsare the fats that are found in most processed fast foods. (1 point)
True
False

I have a daughter who is almost two years old. She is supposed to be off formula when she turned one, but my mother in-law insists that she stays on formula. I had her go to my daughter’s check up with me, and the doctor told her that she no longer needs formula, that whole milk is just fine.

My mother in-law said that she fed her son formula in the Philippines until he was twelve years old, but it turns out that it wasn’t baby formula but powdered milk. I explained to her the difference, but it’s not sinking in. My husband is a veteran, and his mom handles his benefits. So she uses his money to buy formula (which is very expensive) instead of just getting powdered milk.

I just don’t know what to do anymore. I kind of lied (not sure if this is true or not) and I told her that the formula has extra calories and my daughter will become obese if she drinks it every day. I got in depth and said she can get extra calories from eating regular food. My mother in-law got mad and said I shouldn’t be counting my daughter’s calories and I better not be starving her just so she can be thin. I just lost it. I guess because she’s foreign, she doesn’t understand English very well, I don’t know.

She also wants us to wash our daughter’s "tang tang" (genitals) in the bath each time I change her diaper instead of using wipes. She thinks she should still use a bottle.

She doesn’t live with us (THANK GOD) but visiting her is difficult. I am having a hard time weaning my daughter off the bottle (did I mention she’s a toddler?) and I almost had to get rid of my cats because she thinks they have diseases and will make my daughter sick. My husband says to just ignore her, but even still she is controlling our lives. She loves her granddaughter so much, but the way she does things is so different. The last time she visited us she searched the cabinets for the formula and got angry when we didn’t have any. There is no possible way to tell her to not visit unexpectedly, or let us do things our way. If the doctor can’t convince her, and her son can’t explain to her how we do things, what am I going to do? I dread talking to her.

Putting powdered milk in the formula can sounds like a very clever idea. I just might resort to that!
I breastfed for four or five months, but my mother in-law said that my daughter was crying (colic) because she wasn’t getting enough milk, so that’s when the formula was introduced. After giving her formula, I produced less milk and I eventually died up. Those days were the worst, I cried every day.

Simply telling her to F off and let me do what I want isn’t enough. I asked my husband to talk to her in their language, but I really don’t know what he’s telling her. For all I know he’s wimping out and is just as scared of his mother as I am.

I got rid of the bottles months ago, but she keeps buying more bottles, and even if I don’t use them at home, she uses them at her house.

The reason why she handles his money is because I can’t. He can easily get the money from me, and he just isn’t competent to handle it himself. I don’t want to argue with him over money. We did have problems before with her not paying the bills on time but that’s a different issue.

I have a 6 and a half month old boy who is 20 pounds and 28 inches long. I have been feeding him about 32 ounces of formula and 1 serving of cereal and a serving of fruit and a serving of vegetables each day. He is big, but not out of porportion. He is in the 75th percentile in both height and weight. I have been talking to many people about cutting the formula and adding more table food and regular baby food and cereal. They are advising me on this due to his size and fear of childhood obesity. There is a lot of fat and calories in formula, do they need that much, or should I change my feeding schedule? I appreciate your help and information. Opinions are great!

I’m doing a speech about obesity. I’m doing a speech event where I’m suppose to persuade the crowd into changing. I already wrote about a person who is obese and her life experience, what fast food restaurants put into their food, how much calories fast food are, the consequences from eating it, and how schools are feeding kids fast food. I don’t know what else to put, it’s not long enough. Any suggestions?

What really causes obesity ?Over eating of food after drinking alcohol, just alcohol or both? I have a friend he drinks alot but don't eat much and he is skinny? Why is he skinny if alcohol(has high calories) causes obesity?