Childhood Obesity
June 26th 2009 16:36
As I work in the field where I am in and out of a variety of childcare sites and therefore see hundreds of children I am amazed at the number of children who seem to have weight problems. In the news we hear of the critical nature of even our youngest children being overweight. It seems to me that this issue has some easy answers that do not require governemnt intervention or "New" special programs. It requires some common sense among the parents, and other care takers of children. First, and foremost our children are being encouraged to be sedantary. They sit and watch TV, sit and receive "instruction" sit and play video games. Way too much sitting going on. Children need to be active. They learn through experience. Our youngest children learn best by having the opportunities to become physically involved with the materials and equipment that is in their environment. Behavior problems deminish when children have adequate opportunities to be physically active on playgrounds and in classrooms. When it comes to requirements for adults in training or working conditions they must be given a certain number of "breaks" because it improves the productivity and yet when it comes to children many people seem to forget this.
A recent online artilce I had the opportunity to read was titled "Overweight Preschoolers Raise Their Heart Disease Risk" on www.optimizerx.com reported informationf rom Health Day News reported that approxiamately 24 percent of U.S. children aged 2 to 5 are overweight. The overweight definition was derived from having a body-mass indes (BMI) in the 85th percentile or above for their height and age. What will happen to our health industry if this trend is not corrected? How will we pay for the health issues that will result from this trend esspecially if a national health care program in implemented? Check out the article and see what you think.
Some people will say that it is cheaper to by the prepackage food, and kids want the junk food. Adults need to be responsible and in charge. At a recent local mini conference for child care providers Professor Jack Bateman was a workshop presenter. His professional experience includes teaching nutrition for over thirty years. During the workshop he showed evidence that it was in fact less expensive for parents and caregivers to provide healthy coices in children's lunch boxes than to fill the children with prepackaged foods that are full of salt and other preservatives. You can get more nutritional information from his website Really Long Link
A recent online artilce I had the opportunity to read was titled "Overweight Preschoolers Raise Their Heart Disease Risk" on www.optimizerx.com reported informationf rom Health Day News reported that approxiamately 24 percent of U.S. children aged 2 to 5 are overweight. The overweight definition was derived from having a body-mass indes (BMI) in the 85th percentile or above for their height and age. What will happen to our health industry if this trend is not corrected? How will we pay for the health issues that will result from this trend esspecially if a national health care program in implemented? Check out the article and see what you think.
Some people will say that it is cheaper to by the prepackage food, and kids want the junk food. Adults need to be responsible and in charge. At a recent local mini conference for child care providers Professor Jack Bateman was a workshop presenter. His professional experience includes teaching nutrition for over thirty years. During the workshop he showed evidence that it was in fact less expensive for parents and caregivers to provide healthy coices in children's lunch boxes than to fill the children with prepackaged foods that are full of salt and other preservatives. You can get more nutritional information from his website Really Long Link
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