Childhood obesity? -

1. Nowadays doctors and health specialists say that children need to be on a good diet and get all the nutrition that they need but as the reports show, the obesity rate increases in children which causes hypertension at early age. Since we really take good care of our children at early age, why is the obesity rate is keep increasing?

The problem starts at school cafeterias. They eat pizzas, hamburgers, and other high fat foods that contribute to obesity. There are no healthy alternatives. Not to mention that most kids don t get enough exercise after school. Most kids play video games all night which also contribute to obesity. Also, 90% of what you find in a grocery store is garbage. If you re a label watcher like I am, you ll notice that everything has high fructose corn syrup or is made with enriched flour. Both of these ingredients are poison to the body. Lastly, I blame childhood obesity on two working parents. When both parents are overworked and tired, the easiest thing to do is to stop at McDonald s to feed the family. I see a long line of cars at every fast food drive thru every single day. This is probably the main reason kids are fat now; they are not getting a home cooked meal.....you re welcome!

The reason is that the info you are being given is not correct. Low fat normally means high sugar (either simple or in the form of complex carbs, but still ends up as sugar). Go back a hundred years and see what people ate - Lard, dripping, butter, cream, raw milk, cod liver oil, organ meat. Obesity, diabetes, and heart disease (all syptoms of the same problem) were not prevelant. Now we eat highly processed grains, margarine, highly processed vegetable oils, People feed their children low fat thinking it is good for them, when lipids are important for brain health. Instead they get processed crap loaded with toxic addatives. Obestity, diabetes, CHD,cancer, mental disorders and anti social behavour abound, and continue to get worse Quite simply the advice given is aimed at making profits for large food manufacturing companies, not what is best for our bodies http://www.westonaprice.org

When they learn temper tantrums=more snacks they get silly ideas, most parents think they re being nice when they give treats every half-hour. It s basically poisoning them.

Mcdonalds, burger king, pizza hut, soft drinks, and lazy parents who no longer cook or monitor what their children are doing.

Doctor s will advise a good diet for children, but few kids get it. Most are fed over processed food (often very high in fat and sugar). Kids drink to much sugar laden drinks that also cause the problem. Then to top it all off they don t exercise (physical play). It is the combination of all these things that is causing obese kids.