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Question for the week of March 3,
2010:
Inviting Conversation for March
3 2010
In an episode of Star
Trek: The Next Generation, Jean-Luc Picard argues with his brother
Robert about "modern technology." Robert is quite adamant that life
is already too convenient. Wouldn't it be nice to have a replicator
so that dinner could be prepared at the touch of a button? How nice
would it be to travel from place to place through a transporter? Ok,
back to reality...or maybe not. Hungry? For $2.99 get a whole meal!
Convenient foods have not always been healthy foods. There is no
question that being overweight causes health problems. There is
no question that Americans are struggling with being overweight.
"The average 10-year-old in the
United States
weighs 10 pounds more than
the average child in the 1960s, according to the Centers for Disease
Control. And that translates into adult obesity: The average adult
now weighs roughly 25 pounds more than his or her 1960s counterpart.
Over the past two decades, the obesity rate for children has
doubled, according to the
American
Academy
of Pediatrics. For
adolescents, the picture is worse: More than three times as many are
now obese." The reasons are many. The solutions are just as varied.
"A new national study suggests that pre school-aged children are
likely to have a lower risk for obesity if they regularly engage in
one or more of three specific household routines: eating dinner as a
family, getting adequate sleep and limiting their weekday television
viewing time."
There is NO question
that something needs to be done. Here is the statement that really
struck me. Don George, Neutraceutical Consultant for the Food
Assistance and Nutrition Research Program at the
National
Center
for
Education Statistics said, "This is a huge problem and I am thankful
the Federal Government is finally getting involved." After reading
this, I ask myself the question, "Are Americans so unwilling to
tackle the obesity problem that the Government has to get involved?"
What are your thoughts?
Information taken for this article
from:
Don
George, National Center for Education Statistics
The
News-Record.com
Report
from Healthy Americans
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