Is Your Child At risk for Obesity?

This quiz may help you determine if your child might develop a weight problem and/or Type II diabetes. Keep track of the points associated with each response.

1. One or more of his/her grandparents have or had:

  • high blood pressure (1 point)
  • adult-onset diabetes (1 point)
  • a stroke (1 point)
  • heart disease or atherosclerosis (1 point)
  • cancer of the ovary, breast or uterus (1 point)

2. One or more of his/her parents have or had:

  • high blood pressure (2 points)
  • adult-onset diabetes (2 points)
  • a stroke (2 points)
  • heart disease or atherosclerosis (2 points)
  • cancer of the ovary, breast or uterus (2 points)
  • difficulty controlling their weight (2 points)
  • undesirable fat levels in the blood (2 points)


3. My child:

  • snacks between meals (1 point)
  • often snacks at night (1 point)
  • often chews gum or eats mints/hard candies (regular or artificially sweetened) (1 point)
  • eats high-fat foods almost every day (2 points)
  • usually includes at least one of the following in every meal: bread, pastas or some other
  • starch, fruits, or sweets (4 points)
  • often eats or wants to eat when he/she is not really hungry (2 points)

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Is Your Child At risk for Obesity? (continued from above)

4. Choose one of the following:

  • My child is very active
  • My child is moderately active
  • My child is not active (4 points)

5. My child is:

  • less than 10 pounds overweight (2 points)
  • 11 to 25 pounds overweight (3 points)
  • 26 to 50 pounds overweight (4 points)
  • more than 51 pounds overweight (6 points)

6. My child is:

  • Native American Indian (4 points)
  • African-American (4 points)
  • Hispanic American (4 points)
  • Asian or South Pacific Islander (4 points)

7. My child:

  • has a skin problem called Acanthosis, which is characterized by velvety, dark-colored patches of skin (6 points)is addicted to sugar, starches and/or simple carbohydrates (4 points)


If your score is: (Total 64)

0-14: Your child is probably healthier than the national average
15-29: Follow the "Eleven Steps to Prevent Obesity in Your Child" and he/she will probably drop his/her numbers.

Take this test again in 6 months. If the numbers haven't gone down, follow the instructions below.

If your score is over 30:

Take your child to your health care provider.
DO NOT ask for a diet (unless you want his/her numbers to dramatically increase).
Just get a check up
Immediately begin to follow all of the recommendations in the "Eleven Steps to Prevent Obesity in Your Child."

 

The Living Lite Program

It is very important to understand at the outset that the Living Lite program is not a diet.

It is a proven program that will help you systematically adopt healthy eating and exercise habits for the rest of your life.

It is an effective approach to reversing the self defeating behaviors that led you to gain weight in the first place.

It is a leading system for strengthening your will power and determination as well as for re-shaping your self image.

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