However, as most of us may realise, inspite of all the awareness about exercise and “healthy” diets, there is something missing here, something that is not right. This approach is simply NOT working for most of us. Otherwise, there would not be more people (including children) who are overweight and in many cases, chronically ill.

As far as food is concerned, as we have become scared of saying NO to the things that are affecting our children’s health, in effect we are saying YES to processed and nutritionally depleted foods which will have long term impact on our children’s health

We all need to stop making excuses about what our child “likes to eat” (read junk and processed foods like pizza, ice cream) and take back our power as a parent. We need to educate ourselves about the foods that we are giving our children and the impact it is having on their health.

There is an epidemic of chronic illnesses in the world right now and it is our children who are the most vulnerable. Unfortunately, health conditions like allergies, eczema and asthma have become only too common in our children today. In fact, the new “normal” for many children is chronic illness.