Government Inaction On Childhood Obesity May Lead To Shorter Lifespans

(Reuters) - In the political arena, one side is winning the war on child obesity.

The side with the fattest wallets.

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Comments

[Pearlswan]

01:53 PM on 04/30/2012

Pro-lifers strike again!

[Bartolo27]

04:03 PM on 04/29/2012

Why try and protect people's health when they are all going to die anyway. Shesh ppfff...

[Erdgeist]

12:04 PM on 04/29/2012

Nobody in their right mind would advocate a steady diet of cheap cheese, soya oil, HFCS, and white flour avec lots of salt. Stil, this is a basic part of the American diet especially when it comes to children who, by the way, learned their bad eating habits from their parents. Fruits and vegetables are often just an afterthought, including exercise and going out in the sun (to get vitamin D3 which is a known protective factor against all major diseases including obesity and diabetes II). So what's wrong with this picture? Americans are dummies when it comes to understanding the fundamentals of good health. Yesterday I had a pizza heaped up with all kinds of fresh vegetables sans cheese and cheap soya oil. It was delicious.

[fortressfountain]

09:17 AM on 04/29/2012

Well kids love pizza and will eat it no matter where and who serves it. Some pizza is good for you like the flat crusted vegetable and such.
My relatives cooked vegetables in bacon greese. None of us were fat in the 60s and 70s.

[ChasG]

01:17 AM on 04/30/2012

With cardio-vascular diseases the run-away leading causes of death in the US, I'd pass on the bacon-greased veggies.

[Malcontent21]

02:58 AM on 04/29/2012

Well then that settles it let's give these corporations more tax cuts because not only are they job creators but food creators also. Don't even think about portion control either because that sounds like big government and socialism which would be a slippery slope towards the complete loss of freedom.

YIKES!!!

[Andy49]

09:54 PM on 04/28/2012

Election year politics and the fact that congress is not working in the interest of we the people but we the special interests.

[radfatty]

06:08 PM on 04/28/2012

I would like to recommend the free NAAFA Child Advocacy ToolkitSM (CATK) and other written guidelines/resources to assist you looking at programs.

A Yale Rudd Center report reviewed existing research on weight stigma in children and adolescents, with attention to the nature and extent of weight bias toward obese youths and to the primary sources of stigma in their lives, including peers, educators, and parents. As a result of weight bias and discrimination, obese children suffer psychological, social, and health-related consequences. http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/resources/upload/docs/what/bias/StigmaObesityChildrensHealth.pdf

Rebecca Puhl of the Rudd Center further brings to light the stigmatization of large children in the following article.
http://www.obesityaction.org/magazine/oacnews7/Childhood%20Obesity%20and%20Stigma.pdf

The NAAFA Child Advocacy Toolkit shows how Health At Every Size® takes the focus off weight and directs it to healthful eating and enjoyable movement. It addresses the bullying, building positive self-image and eliminating stigmatization of large children. The CATK lists resources available to parents, educators or caregivers for educational materials, curriculum and programming that is beneficial for all children. It can be found at:
http://issuu.com/naafa/docs/naafa_childadvocacy2011combined_v04?viewMode=magazine&mode=embed

[bahkey]

12:53 PM on 04/28/2012

Pizza is nothing more than FAT and SALT. Blame government when little Johnny is having
a fat loaded pizza or burrito for .99 at Taco Bell

[Rayme]

12:34 PM on 04/28/2012

WHAT? Our government can be bought off by corporate interests? No Way!

[wonderYrednow]

03:22 PM on 04/28/2012

I'm as shocked as you are ?!?

[seegray]

12:14 PM on 04/28/2012

Its not really a secret that pizza isn't a vegetable and that higher (bad) fats and sugars aren't good for anyone in quantity (moderation is always key). Now, show me 1 primary or secondary schooler who understands that concept. We need to cut back on these things offered in schools....what's so difficult to understand?

[AZreb]

08:16 AM on 04/28/2012

Is pizza on the menu every day of the week? Once a week? Once every two weeks? If not daily, then what the heck is the big deal about pizza? Much easier to understand the soda fight - we all should know by now that too much soda - or too much of anything, for that matter - is not good for us or the kids.

Make the pizza dough with whole wheat flour - low-fat cheese - throw some tomatoes and bell peppers on it - use turkey or chicken instead of pepperoni - is that so hard? Served even once a week it is not going to do that much harm if made with wholesome ingredients.

[Carl Caroli]

07:19 AM on 04/28/2012

It's time to end all corporate lobbying.

[Erdgeist]

12:09 PM on 04/29/2012

You're talking socialism! I mean corporations have the right to exploit our nation's youth - that's capitalism which our country is based on (Oops, it wasn't based on capitalism - Alexander Hamilton, the father of American economics, never heard of capitalism). ;)

[Leucippus]

03:30 AM on 04/30/2012

Nobody believes this bunk you continue to perpetuate, .. that "most American" believe our country was founded on capitalism.

No, .. most American's had some American history from K through 12, and concluded that this country was founded on ideas, .. like "self-evident" truths "that all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights," like "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness," and other core principles.

So what's your point?

[Grimway]

09:10 PM on 04/27/2012

BS. Be happy you have a piece of pie.

[Trustfunded1]

07:53 PM on 04/27/2012

Put them to work on a farm,they'll burn that fat right off.

Ohhh,thats right children shouldn't do physical work.

Another example of Progressives hate for children and their health.

[wonderYrednow]

03:24 PM on 04/28/2012

1 d 1 0 t !

[Erdgeist]

12:14 PM on 04/29/2012

Put 'em on farms? You're talking socialism pilgrim. The earliest forms of socialism in the US were communitarian farms. It is the Capitalists who hate our children and want to keep the sick.

[byronic]

06:28 PM on 04/27/2012

In America, money always wins...