But I have another idea to add: One hour of mandatory physical exercise for every child, every day they are in public school. Take a walk outside around the school with your class, walk the halls and up and down the stairs if the school doesn’t have a gym, run or walk around the gym if there is one. Every day. One hour a day.
Beating the kid obesity ‘epidemic’: Get them walking
Jennifer O’Dea from the University of Sydney says the rate of childhood obesity among low income families is almost double that seen across middle and high income families.
She says a tax on junk foods as called for by a rising number of health experts, would only place extra financial strain on these families, when a social justice approach is needed.
Sky News: Childhood obesity an ‘exaggeration’
Obesity spreads easily through social networks and friendships, and having just four obese friends can double your own risk of becoming obese, according to a new paper published in the journal PLoS Computational Biology by Harvard researchers.
Obesity: Having 4 Overweight Friends Doubles Risk | Health | Epoch Times
The study showed obese people have the potential to create a ripple effect among their non-obese peers, Hill said. That’s because the more non-obese people an obese person comes into contact with, the greater the chance those people will become obese.
Hill and her colleagues based their findings on a model of obesity’s spread through social networks, which was similar to models used to trace the spread of infectious diseases like the flu.
Obesity rate to reach 42 percent, experts predict – Health – Diet and nutrition – msnbc.com
Fat Thanks to Eskinder K. for the tip!
