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Now, some critics are questioning whether using her own daughters as examples is fair to them. “Was it hurtful to her girls?” asked one blogger who focuses on Mommy issues. Psychology Today even questioned the first lady for using the word “chubby” to describe her daughters.

While her heart is in the right place, Michelle may not have considered or been familiar with the delicate balance between preventing obesity and triggering eating disorders. She mentioned that she put her children on a diet after her pediatrician and their father felt they were getting “chubby.” Words like “chubby” don’t cause eating disorders but they are often a trigger to disordered eating behavior. As an eating disorder professional, we would strongly caution parents from using labels or prerogative words to describe their child’s weight as this has lasting impacts on a child’s self esteem.


12 posted on 08/26/2010 7:13:43 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

The youngest kid is a porker. The older one isn’t, just her caboose, but she does look like Michael Jackson to me.


39 posted on 08/26/2010 10:18:45 PM PDT by mojitojoe ("The Arabic call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset." punk in chief)
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