So who's now paranoid about their child's eating habits after watching Too Fat to Toddle?

[Twinklemegan]

I saw this on ITV2 after giving it a miss the first time around. Am I the only one who was completely shocked at those last two kids who were classed as "obese"?! I would never have even considered that my toddler could be overweight before that programme and now I'm ever so slightly paranoid. Will this herald a trend towards undernourished, hungry children?

It is a sandwich fgs not a pie and chips We do not need this crap if children have foos issues go to the doctor not some bloody tv show I am sick of all this rubbish we are being fed via tabloid tv Do you really think the producers give a ** about these people as long as they get viewing figures

I have no problem with what my kids eat and they are very physically active, doing sport twice a week in school, ds does Karate and cricket as an after school, dd does rounders and brownies (they always seem to be running! ) We also go swimming and they do a fitness for kids club at the gym once a week. On top of this they ride their bikes and go to the playground of an evening.

DD had her year 6 weighing and height measurement in school this week and is at a perfect weight. Ds doesn't have any problems with fat.

I do, but that is because I don't do all the exercise that they do!

Maybe the issue is more to do with the sedentary lives people (and I count myself as one ) lead

I agree with Noddy. It's a sandwich!!!

All these type of programmes seem to do is make "normal" people paranoid about what they feed their kids. So they start reducing things like sandwiches, and full fat milk and cheese, all those things that seem to be seen as "unhealthy" these days. When in reality, they need to get at the people who are giving their kids battered sausage and chips for dinner.

That was one of the meals given by a Mum on the show Lazyline. She laid out a brown bread sandwich and some apple pieces, but then, at the last second, as though she just couldn't believe that that would be enough, she gave them half a big sausage roll each too!

Maybe I will give my dd a whole sandwich again. Afterall, she does PE three times a week at school, walks home from (but not to) school 3 times a week and does ballet and skipping and marching. she never stops moving really.

I just calculated her BMI and it's 14.5 (and the programme said a five yr old should have a bmi of between 14 and 17. So I guess I will just go away and forget all about that programme now.

ps, I give my dd food when she asks for it btw, in case anybody thinks I am underfeeding her as a result of some sh1tty programme on ITV2. Definitely not!

I think it's one of those things, Elizabeth, where if you are the sort of person to worry about it, then there's a fair chance you dont need to worry about it, IYSWIM.

Elisabeth - that's exactly what I'm talking about. I give my 21 month old a whole sandwich for lunch. He usually takes bites out of all four pieces and leaves the crusts but sometimes he eats the whole lot. But all that stuff about portion size was making think am I feeding him too much?

Which is ridiculous btw because he's always been under the 50% centile for weight, but then he's small in height as well. I, on the other hand, would probably have been classed as an "obese" toddler. I'm 8 and a half stone now and a size 10, so that doesn't figure does it? Aren't toddlers supposed to be chubby anyway?

Twinklemegan, the difference is you give your child a sandwich. These people give their child a sandwich and a pie, and a bag of crisps, and^ [add unhealthy snack food here] every* day.

We met a family on holiday. Mother, father and the two older children were fat. The 2 year old wasn't, so clearly the family weren't "big boned". Every time we saw them, the baby had a bag of crisps, or an ice cream, or a packet of sweets. She ate constantly all day long. Presumably she will end up as fat as her mother.

I know I was being completely paranoid Evenhope, but I think the programme was calculated to have that effect. I have seen sense and I think my toddler is perfectly capable of regulating his own appetite and diet as long as I offer him the right foods (which I do).