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What Causes Excessive Weight Gain In A Child?
My daughter who is 8 is overweight. I dont feed her fatty foods, fast foods, fried foods etc. I portion her meals for her age. She is tall like me but is overweight. What else could be happening with her? Her dad s side of the family struggle very much with weight and I have to all my life that s why my kids diet is so strict. What should I do?
Fri, 30 Sep 2016
It might be a heridity of family so she has tendency to gain weight fast. Strict diet and exercise is needed in that case. You can also go for thyroid profile test to rule out hypothyroid as a reason to be obese
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