CNN —Do you ever find yourself comparing the size of your child with those of their classmates and worrying about their health? In her new book, “Kids Thrive at Every Size,” Castle aims to offer a new model for assessing and addressing kids’ health. Weight-focused versus whole child healthThe way children’s health has been assessed has often centered greatly on their size and shape, Castle said. “Or we look at a child with a larger body and say, ‘Hey, that doesn’t fit our norm.’”There are a few problems with this approach. … You choose what you want, but fruit is really important to your overall eating pattern, and it’s important for you to get some at school,’” Castle added.

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Persons: Jill Castle, Jennifer Rollin, “ We’ve, ‘, ”, Dr, Nimali Fernando, hale, —, “, …, Rollin Organizations: CNN, Yum Locations: Massachusetts, Rockville , Maryland, Virginia