Information provided by Chicago Tribune.
On Tuesday, First lady Michelle Obama Let's Move campaign began. This campaign is aimed at conquering childhood obesity within a generation.
The American Beverage Association has committed to putting clear, front-of-pack calorie labels on cans, bottles and vending machines within two years.
The American Academy of Pediatrics will call on its physician-members to regularly monitor the body mass index for children age two years and older.
This is all great, but until Washington mandates physical education for every child, every day and they are willing to pay for it, this campaign will never work. Right now, an elementary child may receive gym once a week for 45 minutes, 45 minutes that is nothing. If you want to make an impact, increase the amount of physical education the children receive. When the September 30th unit count arrives, the schools are not given a unit for physical education, they must use a teaching unit. How can we combat obesity, when the government does support our schools with the one thing that really could help combat this ongoing problem?
To read more, click on the link below.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-lets-move-campaign-story,0,1711146.story
Click on the link below, to visit Let's Move website.
http://www.letsmove.gov/
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3 comments:
I'm sorry but listing calories on a beverage is not going to have any impact on kid's obesity problems. Obviously they would not be obese if they were counting calories. The real responsibility begins at home with the parents in providing healthy meals, limiting snacks, and getting their children motivated besides sitting to either watch tv or playing video games. Absolutely the schools can help also by providing gym classes more than once a week. It doesn't have to be intense just get the kids moving. No way do you want these kids to feel like failures or laughed at. Do things that everyone can do together and be praised for. I like Mrs. Obama's slogan Let's Move,but I don't think it means putting labels on beverages announcing the calories.
Does anyone have an opinion about this post? It seems like an extremely inportant issue to be discussed. Here is a chance for parents and teachers to voice their opinions on this growing problem with children!
I agree that all schools should offer gym more than once a week. It is great that they want the kids to eat healthy but what about exercise? Every school should have a gym teacher without using a teacher unit, same goes with art, music, library and technology.
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