Kids and the Pool and they are in Danger from. . . Obesity!
Submitted by Betsy Hart on Wed, 06/13/2007 - 10:36
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A thought about the local neighborhood pool and kids and obesity:
Summer is when one realizes there really is a childhood obesity problem. I see so many young people hanging out of their suits at the pool AND ordering the second batch of fries. It's estimated by 2010 fully one-half of all children in the U.S. will be overweight or obese. In the 1970s, that figure was abour 4%. We had McDonald's and Hostess and junk food and TV then too. (Though it's true we didn't have the ridiculous protion sizes served up back then.) But maybe - just maybe - parents were a little more likely to say "no" than they are today!
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good to see you back, betsy
and a great observation, too!