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We’ve all heard about the childhood obesity epidemic, the amount of overweight adults in America, but what have you heard about those parents who are obsessive calorie counters and compulsive about their exercise regimen? Recent studies have shown that a mom’s dieting habits can have a negative influence on children, since children learn so much through observation. Experts now say that watching mom constantly dieting, speaking negatively of her own body or that of others, or exercising compulsively (or not at all) can all possibly lead to an unhealthy fixation on body image and dieting. No one wants this for their children.   We all have insecurities about our bodies, so what is a mom to do? Lisa Druxman, Chief Founding Mother of Stroller Strides™ and author of the new book, Lean Mommy asserts that we need to work at becoming “Opti-Moms.” According to Druxman, “And Opti-Mom chooses healthy foods, is physically...
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