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| *Women health>>>Obesity |
What can we do to prevent as well as lower the rate of obesity in today's youth? |
Studies have proven that more that one in every four children that is examined by a health professional is either obese, or possesses a great deal of risk for becoming obese. What can we do to help the youth at risk? Many people don't realize that when they remain significantly overweight, they pose risk for more than 10 serious and possibly fatal diseases. Watch the movie, "Super Size Me". They have great ways to help. Sure the movie bags on fast food ... but it also has many necessary and realistic ways to make children's diets better. One of the most fascinating segment in the movie was when they visited a "Alternative School" for children with stuff like ADHD & other behavior prob's ... The students weren't running around like maniac's and the movie suggested it's because of the "Fresh Caffeteria Food". This school feed vegtables, fruits, and fresh meat. Then they went to a public school where hamburgars, hot dogs, and other "Government Food" was being served. Those kids were a mess!!! In short I like the movie's suggestions: 1. Good food at school. 2. More exercise classes. 3. Remove vending machiens from school. stop feeding them mcdonalds and crap like that maybe people shoulnt eat fats every day and schools could get rid of obesity problems as a matter of fact they did that to elementry schools. The first thing that needs to be done is limiting the amount of time they spend sitting on their butts playing video or computer games. It's absolutely ridiculous. They are getting fatter every year because they are allowed to be lazy. As a mother of five I don't allow my children to sit on their butts doing nothing all day. send all teenagers to co educational institutes Get these kids out from in front of the TV's, video games and computers. Make them go outside and play like we did when we were kids. Also keep them away from processed foods. Any fast food is processed - it's pure fat, cholesterol and transfats. Feed your kids fresh raw veggies. If you start them at an early age, they will like them growing up. Both of my kids love all veggies, and salads are one of their faves. I started feeding my kids salads before they were even 2 years old. Exercise them and feed them healthy - that is the answer. I have a high school student so I have seen first hand this phenomenon. I have a few suggestions. For society: No soda machines in school. Replace them with bottled water machines. Put PE back in elementary school as a full time class. Make the importance of it a priority. Launch a grass roots awareness program to parents on nutrition. For the individual: When having fast food, try to make it occassional and always skip the fries. Reduce the amount of soda you drink. Make drinking soda an occassional treat. Keep celery, carrots and popcorn around for snacks. Read labels before you eat. Join sports teams early. Walk to school with your friends. Ride bikes, skateboards, play basketball. When you are young go to the park everyday and go completely hog wild. Dance. If you enjoy T.V. and/or computer only do it in the evening after being outside playing, hanging with friends whatever. And, don't eat the whole time you are in front of the T.V. Chew gum instead of eating a bag of chips. And parents try to set a good example by knowing nutrition and taking your kids to sports or the park or an activity. |
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