Child Obesity in School Part II

We cannot sit back and wait for others to address the problem of child obesity within our own household. We have to take an active role in combating this illness. We have to do whatever it takes to get this illness under control.

We must visit our children’s school periodically to see firsthand what our children are being served. Go to your child’s school and have lunch with them. You will be more apt to spring into action once you have witnessed and tasted what the schools are serving to your children.

The government sprung into action in 2004 when Congress passed legislation with the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act. This act requires schools to create a policy for wellness that addresses nutrition, education, physical activity, and nutrition guidelines for foods offered in schools. It is up to us as citizens and parents to make sure our children’s schools are adhering to these governmental policies.

www.masoncutey53.googlepages.com
www.marymshields.usana.com

Child Obesity in School

Parents are not in the fight of child obesity alone. As the saying goes, “It takes a village to raise a child”, we have to remember that our children spend a lot of hours away from us. The majority of a child’s time away from us is at school.

Go to your child’s school. Talk with the school cafeteria manager about the health and nutrition of the foods served to children daily. Look at the cafeteria to see if it has an appeal to you. If it does not appeal to you, then perhaps it does not appeal to children.

If talking to the school cafeteria manager does not render any results, go to see the principal of the school, the superintendent of schools, or the school board if need be. Do not sit idly by while your child’s health is in jeopardy. Talk to whomever you need to take to in order to get results.

www.masoncutey53.googlepages.com
www.marymshields.usana.com

Obesity Epidemic Part IV

The diseases and illnesses that can come about as a result of obesity are phenomenal. Obesity can cause heart disease, sleep apnea, stroke, high blood pressure and diabetes, just to name a few. These illnesses are not fly-by-night illnesses nor are they illnesses that should be taken lightly. These are very serious conditions.

Three facts to be focused on while contemplating the situation of obesity you are faced with are:

Unhealthy eating combined with a lack of physical activity causes obesity,
The top cause of obesity is unhealthy eating habits, and
If you have a history of obesity in your family, you could inherit this dreaded illness.

Some of what you have just read here may set you to thinking about your weight. Just remember if you decide to actively pursue weight loss you must also change your lifestyle. If you fail to change your lifestyle, you will most likely go back to your old eating habits, thus weight regain and weight gain in inevitable.

www.marymshields.usana.com
http://masoncutey53.googlepages.com

Obesity Epidemic Part III

Let’s look at what obesity has done to your bones and joints. You are in constant joint pain. Because of the joint pain, you have resigned to be less active. Guess what? Your lack of physical activity is not going to make the obesity disappear. The key here is to exert more physical activity. More physical activity will lead to loss of pounds. Fewer pounds lead to less pain in your bones and joints.

Start your physical activity at a low rate at first. Work your way up to a more vigorous and robust physical routine. Don’t try to start at a level too high that will worsen the pain you already have. Don’t try to start at a level too high that you will not be able to sustain.

www.marymshields.usana.com

Obesity Epidemic Part II

Obesity is defined as having too much fat on your body. How did you get too much fat on your body? Have you paid attention to what foods you were consuming? Can you identify what foods are ‘bad’ for you? Have you thought about what you can do to change your situation? Do you know what you are doing to the bones and joints in your body having too much fat? Do you have any idea as to what you are doing to your heart?

Why do we have to be critically ill before we decide to rectify our situation? We can put a halt to obesity by putting forth an effort to do so. Once we have decided to put forth the effort to reverse our current situation with obesity, we must exercise patience and determination to get through this.

Stay tuned for further information regarding this topic.

www.marymshields.usana.com

Obesity Epidemic

Across this nation, obesity has become widespread. Child Obesity has gone rampant. But how did our children get to this point? What are the hidden reasons why our children are obese? Are we as parents contributing to the child obesity?

Somehow, someway we have to focus on our own weight situation before we can begin to focus on our children. A better scenario here is to focus on both – parents and children. We need to first determine what we are doing to create obesity. Once we have established the answer to this question, we can begin our attack to rid our families of obesity.

www.marymshields.usana.com

Child Fast Food Obesity III

For those of us who have older children in the household, teach them to prepare nutritious meals for the family. Use the resources you have available to help our society with this illness of child obesity.
Fast food needs to be eliminated from our children’s daily lifestyle if we are going to take an active part in ridding this nation of child obesity.

www.marymshields.usana.com