As family “Chief Health Officers”, many mothers look after family health and serve as role-models for their children. A mother’s own health is key to promoting family health. A parent’s obesity, particularly a mother’s, makes childhood obesity prevention difficult. The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance Task Force on Women has observed that women commonly struggle with obesity. Today, more than one-third of women in the United States are obese. When mothers struggle with their own weight, it is harder for children to overcome their overweight.
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