Saturday, January 8, 2011

Childhood Obesity

OUR DIETS TODAY

Our diets today consist of entirely too much processed, high fat, high sodium food. The nutrients and fiber our bodies need to stay healthy are not found in most of the food we purchase at restaurant chains, drive-through restaurants, take out food, and processed or pre-cooked meals. The problem is, we are a nation of individuals in a hurry, and do not have the time, nor take the time, to eat healthy. We are raising our children on high fat, high salt, fast - foods today. Our children will no have an idea of what a healthy diet is if we do not model it for them.

The second leading cause of chronic health conditions today is obesity. Why? Because, obesity leads to many other chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart

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