Overweight 4 year old - looking for tips

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Hello everyone,

I need help. I have an overweight 4 year old. I have been big my whole life and was bullied when I was younger and I fear she is going to go through the same thing. Genetically she will put on weight a lot quicker than her cousins who can eat the fridge itself and still be skinny as a rake.

She's starting school next September 2020 and I really want her to have a lower BMI by then. She's wearing 6-7 clothes now and she's just 4. My mum lives next door and is terrible for giving sweets and treats so I will have to get her on board.

Can anyone please offer me tips or advice or share a healthy sample meal plan in a day of the life of their preschoolers?

I try offer her healthy food but I've noticed there isn't much structure to our day, she usually gets whatever she wants I.e. wraps, yoghurt, rice cakes, she eats a lot of them. And when dinner comes around she's never really starving. She eats loads of jellies, loves chocolate, the treats usually come from my mam, my sister's. But being honest she probably has treats everyday.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thank you xx

Pretty sure fussy kids aren't unique to the uk.

Fussy kids are definitely not unique to the UK. Sadly though they have the disadvantage of being in many houses fed addictive crap that makes it so much harder for them to enjoy healthy not processed food.

Where I'm from parents go out of their way to feed children the healthiest they can afford: vegetable soups, nice lean steaks, the best quality fish. Here it's the opposite: children's typical food is pizzas, chicken nuggets and other beije crap. Wouldn't be unusual for parents to be eating a nice salmon steak and the children some fish fingers

@BingandFlop2019 a wild sole is quite tiny and a 4 years old will have it all and might even ask for more.
A steak comes in many sizes. You don't have to for the T-bone the size of your plate. A medallion or eye fillet, nicely cooked in a pan is normal.

I was giving ideas of food the OP might want to try. Foods one might not think of. You have taken offence, it was not my intention. My apologies.