Introduce vegetables early, as soon as your baby is eating solid foods.

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9. Read these opinions. Split them into the 3 categories:

1). Ads - TV and magazines

2). Fast food

3). Healthy food

Discuss the following questions:

1).Is it right to blame TV and magazines for obesity?

2).Do you think it's because of celebs advertising fast food?

3).Do you reckon it's because children spend too much time watching TV and gaming?

4).Could it be like this because you just don't know what's good for you and what's bad?

Stop blaming adverts and start facing the facts! At the end of the day the person you have got to blame is yourself. Jenni, 10, Huntington

I think the reason why children are obese is because of ads. Companies are always putting on new ads for Pepsi, crisps etc. They make the ads good and put SLIM people in the ad, that is why they think it is not bad for them. Naomi, 12, Motherwell

I think that too many fast food and sweet companies will do anything to make a profit even if it means causing children of this generation to drastically shorten their lives due to obesity. Amber, 12, Brierfield

The reason why the younger generation are so large is because we are lazy! Instead of getting up and doing good old fashioned exercise, we sit and watch DVD's! I don't think we should blame celebrities for advertising fast food - we all know that no celebrity would touch the stuff - think of the calories! Also, you can't make someone loose weight! They have to want to loose the weight for themselves! Kerry, 12, Liverpool

In my own eyes the reason for youngsters being too overweight I think is due to parents either working late and not having time to cook healthy food...or parents being too lazy to take the time and energy to make a healthier eating lifestyle for their children. And when they put weight on it's blamed on the children for eating too much...can't win. Danni, 13, Midlands

No one is forced to eat food from McDonalds or from vending machines. People should just stop eating as much junk as they do and EXCERCISE more. Michelle, 14, USA

I don't think it's right to blame TV and magazines for obesity. It's your own fault if you are overweight and instead of blaming other people for it, you could just try to lose some weight. Emily, 13, Derbyshire

It's up to us what we want to eat and no one can change that. But food companies should put warnings on their products. Karla, 14, Bedfordshire

I don't think it's just down to advertising, I think it's also what people cook for their kids, parents come home and they're tired so they just cook chips and chicken nuggets or something which are high in fat!

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