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Obama addresses obesity in children
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke with doctors and nurses at the Center of the Ohio State Medical. Ohio holds its primary March 4, the same day as the Texas primary. (February 23)
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#4 written by wisdom4iran 1 year ago
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#6 written by alphacause 1 year ago
The obesity epidemic among children is so out of hand, that I would say of all issues that threaten the future of this nation, the rapidly growing obesity problem of our youth will be the one culprit that, more than any other problem, will likely break this country in the future more so than terrorism, the deficit, global warming, or the machinations of foreign governments. The problem is so extreme, that I would propose a radical solution. (see in next post)
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#7 written by alphacause 1 year ago
(continued from prior post) I suggest that we include, in our academic standards for promoting a student to the next grade, and as a standard for graduation from middle/high school, weight standards. Hence, just as we use grades and standardized testing (in some states) to determine whether a child moves on from the 6th grade to 7th grade, so we need to start incorporating weight standards as part of the criteria as well. That means if Johnny is 50 lbs overweight, he doesn’t pass or graduate.
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#9 written by alphacause 1 year ago
That is precisely what Johnny needs. Apparently, the politically correct self-esteem movement has done nothing to help engender weight loss in kids. In fact, I would surmise it has allowed many kids to become complacent. I can’t count the number of times that hurt feelings or having an uncomfortable encounter has elicited a positive change in me. Sometimes what is need for people to get out of dire circumstances is tough love.
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#10 written by rageragelove 1 year ago
how about creating a program in grade school where each child learns about healthy eating and the parents are required to get involved and do homework together, go for a family walk or make a recipe provided on one of the papers sent home. it makes a lot more sense to make healthy eating fun and delicious than to have people think that healthy food tastes bad or is boring.
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#11 written by rageragelove 1 year ago
And i went into the grocery store last week and as i was walking down the aisle i saw a 300 pound woman with her very severly overweight daughter standing right beside her. they didnt have a cart, but the mom was holding a box of doughnuts in her hand and they were headed for the register. kids learn bad habits from their PARENTS. and even if the child does want to lose weight it’s not a matter of being lazy. it’s a matter of not having family support or the knowledge of how to eat healthfully.
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#12 written by alphacause 1 year ago
Healthy eating programs are great, and I am all for them. But most parents won’t follow a plan with their kids if there isn’t a palpable consequence for failure. That is where my suggestion comes in. Consequences that can have an IMMEDIATE effect on their childs future will impel the parent to action. The problem here isnt a lack of knowledge. Almost everybody, unless they have been living under a rock, knows that obesity is a problem with severe ramifications. The problem here is motivation.
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#13 written by alphacause 1 year ago
Of course bad dietary habits of children are the result of bad dietary habits being practiced at home. However, most parents rarely see an IMMEDIATE consequence to these poor dietary practices at home; hence the behavior persists. However, if a child’s academic success were put in jeopardy due to their weight, as I have suggested, then even the normally complacent parent might think twice before giving her child the box of donuts. This might be the motivation that parents need.
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#14 written by rageragelove 1 year ago
okay, i see where you’re going. but the program i talked about could easily be graded and make it onto their report card. and yes, everyone knows obesity is a problem but some people don’t realize what’s heathly and what’s not – in regards to some gray area foods. cesear dressing? pancakes? cheese? alot of people serious overestimate what the correction portion size is and how many calories, etc. that’s what i’m saying we should teach our kids and their parents.
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#15 written by stevo07cfcno1 1 year ago
the way 2 solve this crisis is simple. Teach kids at a young age, mabey 5 or 6, about food, eating habbits and what happens when ur fat or obese nd when u r healthy. This generation cant be helped, so we must act NOW for the next. There will still be obese/Fat kids and parents, but we can dramatically decrease the number. Having a tax or taking away children is wron (thts my opinion).In teenage girls, i think its alright 2 be chubby. Chubby and fat r not the same thing btw.
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#18 written by BeaucoupRed 1 year ago
The rats are jumping ship.
CHEMRISK – a research company hired by the Corn Refiners Association has recently taken down it’s YouTube channel.
The removal was in response to negative public perception resulting from the discovery of dangerous levels of MERCURY in HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. Apparently it has become a liability to defend the sweetener.
See one of the last remaining ChemRisk videos at CornRefinersAssoc on YouTube.
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#20 written by DJAelitahopper012 1 year ago
Try ASKING the kids. People! We’re human too!
1.) Teach us how to eat right, make friends to keep us preoccupied, get us into different games that are FUN!!
2.) Yeah. Eating right is great. But, for some reason, we hate brocolli and veggies and fruits and stuff like that (I used to ^^)
3.) GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR FAMILY!!! Yep. Definite help Factor.
4.) I was 189 pounds. Very depressed. Now, I’m 157 pounds. A few simple things. Just pay attention to them. Point: MAKE LIFE FUN!!!
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#22 written by xxdirtbikeryderxx 1 year ago
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#23 written by biasedreporting 1 year ago
Oh please…his numbers are lower than Bush’s (bad excuse btw) where his own people are sick of him and his pathetic health care reform that over 75% of americans have clearly said they do now want at all..more and more democrats are losing their seats..this time next year it will be a republican majority in both houses and then he wont ever get anything passed, his 15 mins of fame are up..he is all washed up and history will remember his as being the first black communist president and the last
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#24 written by tickyul 1 year ago
In my opinion, the amount of fat kids in the USA is a real poor reflection on this society in general. Parents feed their kids crap, kids live off junk food, soda, chips and all the other crap. I see parents feeding their kids soda and donuts for breakfast….well I guess it is ok because it is low in fat, sugar is good. When I was a kid there was one fat kid in school, that kid by todays standards would not even be fat. I think that lack of discipline is out of control in this country…YUCK.
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#25 written by hop21537 1 year ago
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High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) does not make you fat. That’s true. But what it does, as a chemical, is two fold: it enhances your body’s ability to store fat–for hours after you eat–which at the same time, it retards your body’s ability to store fat. And this compounds the more you eat of it. HFCS also does a lot of other really bad things to your body. But it’s a super fat promoter and it is in everything. Things you wouldn’t even think: hamburger buns, spaghetti sauce, mustard…