A mother tells you that she does not allow her young children to eat while they watch television,even though her husband often eats high-fat,sugary foods while they watch television as a family.The most important thing to discuss with her is the

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Because young children spend so much time with their families,their parents' food choices have a major effect on their own future food choices.Preventing young children from eating while watching television will have only a short-term effect,and they are likely to imitate their father in eating high-fat,high-sugar snacks.The father's food preferences are probably influenced by genetics and ethnicity,and it may be interesting to find out whether the children's current weights are healthy for their heights (although their birth weight is probably not relevant),but this information has less immediate effect on the nutritional health of this family.

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