Pinching That Damn Inch!
Parents do it, aunties do it, friends do it and your teen is going to do it. Your teen is going to take their index finger and thumb open like a clamp, put them to the skin located at their waistline and squeeeeeze.
All in all this isn’t a problem, but when you see your tween or teen go for that inch, you should have bells and whistles alarm that they might be more concerned than they should be. If they’re involved in any sports like gymnastics, ice skating or ballet you may want to take them in for a professional weight check. As is, the weight of these teens and girls in particular is going to be on the low side if they have aggressively been doing their sport since an early age. The nature of this type of work out almost daily for that period of time will delay their puberty and all that comes with it: breasts, menstruation and yes, fat. But not all fat is bad and in fact there needs to be at least 17% fat to start a menstruation cycle in puberty and 21% to maintain it.
The point is that you absolutely need fat in order to have the body function well. Tweens and teens are still growing or laying the foundation for good bone strength and organ function and they should not be questioning the amount they have since so much of it plays a protective and productive role in their every day functioning.
Fat lines nerve cells that allow them to communicate better, it forms the basis upon which very important hormones are made like vitamin D, estrogen (also important in bone strength), progesterone and testosterone to name a select few. Furthermore fat is protective in that if the organs didn’t have the comfort of some fat cushioning them inside of the body, your teen would be much more vulnerable to serious accidents with minimal trauma.
Kellogs was trying to help people understand that they needn’t pinch more than an inch and certainly not every body type is conducive to this type of inaccurate screen. No one seems to remember that. They’re simply shocked when they can pinch an inch or anything at all. Stop pinching and get your teen to stop pinching too instead, focus on the key elements of healthy lifestyle choices.
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