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A recent poll shows that parents think they know a heavy child when they see one… just not when it’s their own. Maybe their just blinded by their love. Or is it simple ignorance of what is a healthy or unhealthy weight?

Eight-four percent of the parents indicated that they think it’s ‘very important’ for doctors to address obesity with adolescents during checkups. What the other 16 percent were thinking is a bit confounding.