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courtmathews

Soda ban? What about personal choice? - 0 views

www.usatoday.com/...1977091

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  • rebeca atudoroae on 03 Jun 13
     
    In New York the freedom of choosing to drink more than 16 oz of soda is restricted. This is an act to try and fight obesity. Many feel it is going the wrong way.
  • courtmathews on 02 Feb 15
     
    This article talks about how NY is fighting obesity by limiting the amount of junk food a person can buy
hilaluke

Phoenix's food tax has foes- and fans - 0 views

www.azcentral.com/...xs-food-tax-has-foes-fans.html

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  • hilaluke on 05 Apr 14
     
    In this article the discuss the benefits and downfalls of food taxes. Downfall is junk food has more taxes then everyday meals but, the benefits are greater for they benefit K-12 with schooling payments and extra-curriculums.
courtmathews

Vending Machines in Schools - 0 views

www.ibuzzle.com/...nding-machines-in-schools.html

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shared by courtmathews on 02 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • courtmathews on 02 Feb 15
     
    Debate on vending machines in schools is as old as vending machine itself. Lack of control and management on part of schools has turned this very useful utility into a means of mass inflation!
acjarrel93

Is Obesity an Addiction? - 1 views

www.scientificamerican.com/...is-obesity-an-addiction

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shared by acjarrel93 on 04 Sep 18 - No Cached
  • acjarrel93 on 04 Sep 18
     
    Obesity has been seen as a behavioral disorder but new studies show the foods contents, such as high fat and sugar, are what cause a person to overeat. Researcher Paul Kenny uses brain analysis on mice to prove his theory.
  • maribelb on 04 Sep 18
     
    This article is so interesting and eye-opening. This kind of makes you wonder even if we try to stop eating the junk food and we know it's bad for us, we have a hard time stopping.
jen2198817

Junkfood in Schools and Child Obesity - 0 views

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...PMC3667628

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shared by jen2198817 on 04 Sep 17 - No Cached
  • jen2198817 on 04 Sep 17
     
    This site provide a bunch of information on relations of child obesity and school lunches. It gives a lot of statistics on child growth compared to junk food availability over a period of time.
sldaly

Obesity in Children - 5 views

www.webmd.com/...obesity-children

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shared by sldaly on 27 Jan 17 - No Cached
  • sldaly on 27 Jan 17
     
    One third of children in the U. S. is overweight or obese, and this number is continuing to rise. Children have fewer weight-related health and medical problems than adults. However, overweight children are at high risk of becoming overweight adolescents and adults, placing them at risk of developing chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes later in life.
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  • luminitaparavat on 28 Jan 17
     
    Obesity in children in our country happens to have the highest percentage in comparison with other countries. I think we, as parents and we, as responsible adults can change this. We should have in schools mandatory pysical education classes, at least once a week. and it would still make a difference. Also, the school snacks or lunches, the menu needs adjustment and changed to a more nutritional one, not one that is high in calories. Now, I know that kids love fast food, but if that can be limited I think would change something. Sometimes us, the parents we are making this mistake, being in a hurry out of convenience, we buy some fast food and dinner ready. Of course, the child loves it and everyone is happy, but if we do this over and over, the result is child obesity and health issues related to that. The change needs to start with us, as adults in the choices we make.
  • monique102 on 28 Jan 17
     
    Diet and activity is so important especially when it comes to children. Adults are supposed to engage children in daily activities and teach them while they are young to have a clean eating diet. The U.S. definitely has the highest rates when it comes to obesity. With all the fast and processed foods around it just makes it convenient for us all to buy.
  • aus2127741 on 29 Jan 17
     
    Parents who let their children become obese are abusive. Also these so called "healthy" menus at schools are often nothing more than calorie restrictions. For example, my former high school Ironwood often only served a slice of pizza and that is it and charged $2.75. Students would instead by 2 slices of pizza from vendors for a dollar each. Also many students just skip lunch all together and snack after they get home from school. Another problem is the budget. Cafeteria workers make very little money and have a small amount of money to spend,. As a result cafeterias serve junk food because it is cheaper. Also many parents use the busy excuse to be neglectful of their children's health.
  • che2146091 on 29 Jan 17
     
    To say that parents who let their children become obese are abusive have never struggled with weight. But that too is a generalization. There are so many children that are on fighting diseases and are given medication that has side effects of weight gain.One of these drugs is steroids. My daughter is fighting several different battles she was born with. She is on steroids, by the doctor, to fight one of the diseases. She is also a love vegetables and fruits. She swims every week. She takes tap, ballet, jazz and gymnastics. She is overweight, but very fit. Some diseases are ruthless. To say that being overweight is because you eat pizza and that you are unhealthy is just wrong. There are many ways that you can be unhealthy. Looks can be deceiving. Don't judge that book until you read it
  • and2177879 on 29 Jan 17
     
    High blood pressure at such a young age is horrible. The parents are not the only ones at fault but our society is at fault for allowing to go as far as it has gone. As "aus2127741", states about the school systems lack of nutritional value is absolutely correct, it being disgusting.
  • cheyennehorne on 29 Jan 17
     
    Obesity in children is often sad to see but it is becoming very prevalent in American society. In my opinion, a mixture of an extremely sedentary lifestyle as well as poor nutritional choices at school and at home contribute largely to this issue. Because children now have a multitude of indoor activities that don't necessarily get them on their feet and a lack of overall knowledge on what is a decent, balanced diet I'm not really surprised to see this issue skyrocketing.
  • azrafuentes101 on 03 Feb 21
     
    Obesity is still rising especially because of the pandemic that we are going through which made families quarantine for a long time. It is very sad that the obesity rates only have increased.
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