Today's Episode on The Doctor's - Honey Boo Boo's Health Intervention

http://www.thedoctorstv.com/episodes/the-doctors-exclusive-h oney-boo-boo-s-health-intervention-real-housewife-reconnects -with-deceased-mother

Sadly, even at age 9, no intervention will help if she doesn't want to make the change herself.  My parents would have had to lock me in my room and fed me through a slot at the bottom to keep me from overeating.  

Me too    

I just hope June really makes the commitment to help her daughter. Being overweight is hard, and I would want to do everything I could to prevent my child from getting further health problems. I do agree with Gwen though, that even at age 9 Alana does have to want to help herself though. If June does everything on her part to help her make the healthy choices but Alana still doesnt then I dont think the parent is to blame. Children can get unhealthy food from other sources (i.e. friends houses, school, relatives, ect.). 

I saw the preview and they were saying they were SHOCKED to see what was in her fridge and she has this blank stare on her face.  It should be interesting.....

I honestly wasn't shocked at all. They are both obese so what was in their fridge seemed about right. Not saying obese people can't eat healthy, but I know I never did before surgery. 

Broke my heart to watch it. Mama June wants to blame the weight issue on her asthma and steroids that she takes. That doesn't cause the high cholesterol that this 9 year old has. She will have to get on board in order to help Honey Boo Boo. 

I was an obese child, so I think and wonder was there really an intervention my parents could have done. My Mom cooked every night - meat, veg, and starch. Small glass of milk.... But where there is a will there is a way. Last night at support group the Surgeon's wife came in (she is a Social Worker and helps run the office) anyway she said yesterday they had a phone call from a family of an obese 12 year old. She did talk to the child as well. Trying to figure out what to do with that one.

I remember as a child growing up nothing tasted better than my mother's home cooking, it wasn't just the food but it was the act of sitting at the table as a family.

If the mother changes what she cooks & eats to the kind that was on the show, I'm sure the child will get her asthma under control & eventually lose weight. KFC won't have nothin on mom! Kids want to be active but they can't if they're sick. It's the adults that have to be motivated to be more active.

Thanks for this post.  We were from the South and it was fried everything, loaded with butter and gravies.  Nothing tasted like Mama's cooking, but sadly we know where it leads us...