Grandparents who care for kids increase obesity risk

[Liberal_in_LA]

Hot cocoa, chocolate ice cream cones, JuJu Bees, root beer floats--these are are some of the treats my kids enjoy when they spend an afternoon with their grandparents.

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Do I care? Not really. My parents watch my kids only a few times a month. I'm careful about feeding my children a healthy diet and limiting their media time when they're at home, so I figure a little indulgence won't hurt. My kids love spending time at their grandparents' house. It's the only place where they don't hear "no" constantly. Why tamper with the relationship?

A new study reveals that grandparents don't always know best when it comes to eating a healthy diet.
But a new British study indicates that time spent eating candy and watching TV with grandma and grandpa might boost a child's obesity risk.

"Analysis of 12,000 three-year olds suggested the risk was 34% higher if grandparents cared for them full time," the BBC reports. "The results showed that those looked after by grandparents part-time had a 15% higher risk of being overweight for their age compared with those solely looked after by their parents."



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=57281&tsp=1#ixzz0fjTzJyk5

[earthside]

1. Tax Grandparents!

Taxing soda pop is a popular idea right now among the nannies so as to make it more expensive for working people and their kids to imbibe fizzy drinks.

So, the next step would be to put a special tax on grandparents to make it more expensive for them to spoil their grandchildren by plying them with soda pop.

[Fumesucker]

2. But only grandparents who care for their grandkids.. n/t

[DKRC]

3. If SS & Medicare are gutted

then having Grandparents around who can indulge the kids won't be a problem.