Do's And Don'ts For Parents Whose Kids Have Gained Weight In The Pandemic

Life Kit: Parenting

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🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

If you've noticed that your kid put on some weight during the pandemic and you're not sure what — if anything — to do about it, you're not alone.

Weight is an incredibly fraught topic — and an imperfect indicator of health. As parents, a kid's sudden weight gain can be hard to know how to tackle — the last thing we'd want is to do anything that might create poor body image for our children or set the stage for eating disorders.

We spoke to doctors and specialists who work with kids. In this episode, they share their tips for how to get kids back on track and support healthy habits.

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1:08.6	Lots of people gained excess weight during the pandemic. And emerging
1:11.4	data suggests children were no exception. Across racial and socioeconomic lines, kids put on
1:17.1	weight. As schools went online, sports were canceled, and routines collapsed. Now as children
1:22.2	head back to school, some parents are wondering how to get their kids back to healthy habits.
1:27.2	On this episode of Life Kid, I'm joined by NPR health correspondent and Life Kit reporter Maria Godoy.
1:31.9	Maria, hi.
1:32.7	Hi.
1:33.4	Now, we all knew adults put on weight that quarantine 15 we kept hearing about.
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