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BTW, I want an Alvin action figure sometimes...
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You are right, children are playing outside less than ever and chauffeured everywhere by their parents. I live in a neighbourhood full of kids, but only very few kids play outside. I'm talking about at least 100 kids on this street alone. I only see maybe 10 or less a day if I'm lucky.
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All the SF law did was require parents to drive to The burbs to get the toy.... So really all the law accomplished is increase air pollution and waste gas.
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The point is whether these magical cameras be placed or not there won't be nearly as many kids out there that used to be, unless like Banjo said they are glued to their ds or portable stuff.
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![]() Now just to clarify my original post about aerial photos so we can move on ... an aerial photo would give you an overall view of large sections (residences) of North America (rich, poor, young, old, city, suburb). It would be easy to see, at a glance, how activity in the streets has changed over the years. Again, it was just an "if" ponderance to help illustrate the idea of how children do not play outside like they once did. And, it related to the topic because earlier there was evolving discussion as to how fast food is not the only factor in the obesity epidemic. Last edited by Journey; 12-23-2011 at 05:12 PM. Reason: change at to as |
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i did reading mcdonald ingredient for all food on website recent 10 min ago. it DISGUSTS!!! fake artifical ingredient.....french fries use many different weird oils! and too **** salt make easy give heart attack. anyone watching movie call "supersize me"? see what mcdonald food is do to man body? he eating ONLY is mcdonald food for 30 day. he gains weight and blood pressure go up, hard get intimiate with girlfriend bec mcdonald food ruin sex mood! it making him very sick and is ruins on health. ew! it poison food! but many parent i notice not giving children enough health and homecook food. they using gross frozen, fast food, box, can, jar etc. needing to teach children right food eat. not feeds them bad food like mcdonald and other as always! few time is okay not kills or ruin health. but children need education about real food then parent need cook better. that will reducing obesity!
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I've watched Supersize Me, but that's not enough informative. I would like to see Mr.Spurlock food log as well. I believe that guy in the documentary, Fathead tried to contact Mr. Spurlock's representative asking for food log, so he can compare his diet to Spurlock's diet, but nope. Spurlock's nutritionist stated he was eating 5000 calories a day, the guy in Fathead did the math, and in order to reach that amount, he would have had to supersize every meal plus eat two desserts or something else. But he only supersized his meals 9 times throughout the ordeal. The result is that he lost 7 lbs, his cholesterol dropped a bit, and I am not sure if I remember- his blood sugar went up.
Spurlock had to shove that too many meals down his throat at a time, so he threw up all that meals. He could have hurt himself in that position. Supersize Me showed the Subway guy who claims to have lost a lot of weight by only eating Subway, but Mr.Spurlock never went on to discuss the fact that this obviously wasn't done by eating the foot long sandwiches three times a day. I'd rather that both Supersize Me and Fathead should mention thoroughly where meat and fries were made, how they are processed, omega 3, omega 6, etc.
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I saw that movie Supersize me, and there's books, too, like Fast Food Nation.
Dr. Nestle has several books on both human and pet nutrition and the food industries, particularly describing the ties among various agencies and commercial agriculture. I remember as a kid I spent most days outside except for the worst of the Winter months <am in Midwest>. I had a few young childhood friends in my neighborhood and we ran around outside, played ball in the street and alley, rode bikes, climbed trees, played games like "Tag" and "Bloody Murder" and pretended to be little Wonder Women. We looked for bugs and played in the dirt. Sometimes my dad and I would play catch together and he taught me to ride a bike; we might go on a little hike to a park and walk through the woods together, or go swimming. I grew up in a very urban area and about the time when I started high school, my immediate neighborhood got to be involved in lotta assaults and we had the cops come searching for people who ran through who held up such-and-such place. That was one night when I was about 14, when my dad was out working <for many years he's worked the night shift> and my mom was at a meeting. It was about 9pm and I thought I might take a bath and get ready for bed but then I thought I heard something in the portion of yard running between our house and the neighbor's. I had bad feeling so I stayed dressed and left the bathwater<which I'd had ready> sitting, and stayed up. About 20 minutes later, I started hearing tons of sirens all over the place and police car keeps going up and down the street w/searchlights; then they stopped at my front door. I was standing there watching this and the cop asked - seen or heard anything suspicious or unusual, has anyone run through here? I said- hadn't seen anything but had heard something and showed where. So we had more cops on my street and eventually they found the suspects <somewhere else, close> , who had been fleeing a armed hold-up a few blocks away. I stayed up for a few more hours with the phone and a knife in my hand, waiting for one of my parents to come home. My dad got home first and he was surprised I was still up. I explained and then HE stayed up, waiting for my mom <because at that time we still didn't know what was the outcome of the situation>. Then there was a gang fight/shooting at a mall when I was there <which started becoming more common> and some elderly people getting off a bus across the street were assaulted, which my dad saw part of and got involved with that. So in that kind of, and more dangerous situations, sadly, many kids grow up and it's actually not safe to play outside; going somewhere else is just as risky and there either are no parks or the parks are gang-controlled. |
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Honestly I think its good idea to start with taxes instead of jumping in and mess around with other corporations just to "financially" suppress those unwanted businesses. Taxing junk food manufacturers are MUCH more simpler and more controllable, than taking risk fiddling with industry economy. |
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Let me make it clear for you. No such thing as an obesity epidemic. Such usage of a term merely serve to exaggerate a condition to make it sound worse than it really is. Obesity exists, sure but at an epidemic proportion? No. Quote:
We become 8 to 12 pounds heavier on average. Not really indicative of an "obesity epidemic." Over that period of time period (1976 - 1996, in line with the timeline in the obesity abstract) we've also on average gained 4 years older on the life expectancy. So, that's something to consider. World Bank, World Development Indicators - Google Public Data Explorer The definition of “overweight” was changed by the CDC and suddenly we find millions Americans who became overweight or obese overnight. http://dr.blair-west.com/2011/10/02/...fat-overnight/ Even stories of pilots who could not fly their planes because they were deemed as "overweight" but never mind the fact that their body fat was low, just that they happen to be fit bodybuilders. The body mass index (BMI) doesn't distinguish between fat and muscle. All of the bodybuilders today would considered to be overweight or even obese. Even many of the NFL football players, too. Body Mass Index and Body Fat Percentage - Airline Pilot Central Forums Heck, I was considered almost "obese" (see link below to use the BMI gauge) in my strongman training days at 5'8" at 190lbs while flipping500, 600, and 800lb tires. Airline Pilot Central - What is BMI? Obesity epidemic? Please. An epidemic? Nah. A problem? Sure, in many places. You can have people who are categorized as "overweight" but are healthy as the next person. |
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If the child does not like sitting still it is not because our system is abnormal it is because your child has ADD or worse. We need to give them drugs to help them become adjusted to sitting. Even on the weekends kids now days kids spend time sitting doing homework. Maybe the schools should be told to encourage just a tiny bit more physical activity. A few hundred calories worth a day ought to to it.
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...so they going to replace happy meal with killer meal or sad meal or fat meal?
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The middle and high schools still have their team sports and use the gyms that way, but dropped PE from the schedules. Just like some schools dropped music and drama, but still have the auditorium.
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Oh - sorry - there was either study hall or a computer class or something like that. Some kids are getting a class for extra help in specific subjects, but most just get study hall.
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