She simply needs to burn more calories than she is taking in.
Besides the obvious, cutting back on sweet snacks, sodas, and candy, and replacing snacks with raw fruits, vegetables, and water, she needs to run outside and play fun physical activities, like running, jump roping, riding her bicycle, and playing on the play structure at the park. She needs to burn more calories per day than she is taking in.
Instead of focusing on losing weight, focus on good health. Try to see about helping her mom learn how to cook food with half the fats and oils, replacing meat and potatoes with rice and vegetables that taste really good.
My rec teacher advised that the best goal to shoot for is to lose one pound per week. With 52 weeks in a year, that's a loss of 52 pounds. By keeping up with regular exercise and a switch to healthier eating, she should lose the weight without losing nutrition.
Try especially to love her as she is and hopefully avoid putting so much pressure on the weight loss she will fear or focus on failure rather than success.
2007-10-18 17:43:41
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answered by enn 6
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How little is she? It might be too hard for somebody very young unless her parents are controlling everything she eats at least 4 days out of 5. Anything less than that and the natural urge to binge could undo the dieting.
And be warned that very young children should never be made to lose weight without the strict guidance of a good doctor. Their brains are still developing. Is losing weight temporarily ever worth losing IQ points permanently?
2007-10-19 00:54:41
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answered by Jeffrey L 3
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How old is your niece? If she is a little girl and depends on her parents to make her food choices, the most important would be for her parents to make good food decisions FOR her.
Breakfasts could be fruits, cereals without a lot of sugar, such as Cheerios- most kids tend to like that brand, or oatmeal. The regular kind of oatmeal can be somewhat boring, so adding fruit or getting the flavored oatmeal might do the trick. Cutting down on snacks or choosing better snacks might help as well. Instead of fruit snacks or chips substitute with apple slices or strawberries, granola bars, carrot sticks/celery sticks or even small sandwiches. My mother used to make turkey sandwiches cut out with a cookie cutter into shapes like stars, hearts, sunbursts, etc. and my friends and I always thought that was so neat, that we didn't care that they were healthy sandwiches instead of cookies or junkfood.
Cutting out snacks after dinner time might help.
Another thing that might help is increasing exercise. This doesn't mean taking the niece out for daily jogs necessarily, but enrolling her in activities she might enjoy such as, baseball, cheerleading, tumbling, gymnastics, dance class, volleyball, etc. Anything to get her more active. Being good at a sport or activity like this might also help her with her esteem if she's having self-esteem issues.
Good luck!
2007-10-19 00:43:24
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answered by LE!SA 4
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It depends on her age, height, weight, health conditions, interests.
1. Become active in sports and eat fruits and veggies first at meals. Drink plenty of water.
2. Talk to her doctor - he/she will tell you what is best or make a recommendation to someone who specializes in childhood fitness.
2007-10-19 00:35:23
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answered by Lacey 5
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With the advice and strict supervision of her pediatrician. She will need to have someone teach her about what is good to eat and what isn't, a dietitian may help.
Little kids shouldn't "diet" they should instead be given a healthy diet of foods to eat and watched to that they don't sneak goodies when no one is looking.
2007-10-19 00:48:32
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answered by poisonous_tree_frog 3
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if you really want to lose your weight, don't worry.exercise daily with some hard workouts ,drink fresh jucies.if you want more details view the website
2007-10-19 08:31:51
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answered by harry 4
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just tell her to avoid junk food, eat fresh food and vegetables, and drink lots of water
2007-10-19 00:34:17
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answered by boomy 2
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first, drink lots of water, and fluids....then throw your breads and fried foods away....and all paqsta....and sodas...you will shortly start loosin
2007-10-19 00:35:40
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answered by DEBORAH W 2
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