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“Let’s Move” to Ending Childhood Obesity

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Ending Childhood Obesity

In February of 2010 first lady, Michele Obama, launched the Let’s Move campaign. The initiative is meant to address the problem of childhood obesity by engaging those sectors of society that impact the heath of children. Schools, families, and communities are provided with the tools to help children get active, eat better, and enhance overall health.

Nearly one-third of American children are overweight or obese. And one of every three children born after the year 2000 will get diabetes at some point in their lives.

Child Obesity Causes

There are many factors contributing to the rise of child obesity. These include: The traditional family dinner has been compromised; junk food is easily accessed, even at school; physical education programs have been gutted through budget cuts.

School lunches now consist of what is least costly to prepare. With the health of our children in the balance, the time to do something is now. In a report that has been defined as “deeply troubling” by the National Institute on Aging, life spans for some of the least educated Americans is in decline. One of the possible explanations for this disturbing trend is obesity.

Educating Our Children

The first step to addressing the problem of childhood obesity is to educate our young people about the dangers of being overweight and the rewards of a healthy lifestyle.

Childhood obesity will eventually lead to heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, asthma, and sleep apnea. The social problems that young people endure because of their weight problem can effect self-esteem and lead to depression. Classroom performance is negatively effected, as well.

Guidelines for Healthy Eating

Guidelines for healthy eating are provided in the Let’s Move campaign. The place to begin would be learning to read the labels that are on the food products we purchase. Information about total fat, sodium, carbohydrate, protein, and sugar content is stamped on each label.

Familiarity with the Food Pyramid 2.0 is another solid recommendation. It not only provides information about a balanced diet but requires exercise due to the decreased physical activity of Americans.

Ridding schools of junk food also is on the agenda, with vending machines as a prime target. Healthy vending machines that are stocked with a better grade of product are becoming more popular.

Get Active Approach

Families, schools, and communities need to become more active and set good examples for our young people. An overall supportive and physically active environment will help produce a more physically active child who will grow into a more physically active adult.

Quality programs of physical education need to be a part of our school system, and low or no-cost approaches are being incorporated to offset objections about expense.

Communities can become involved with non-profit organizations and local businesses providing after school activities in well-maintained and safe environments.

5-Step Plans for Action

The Let’s Move initiative has a number of five-step plans to help enhance a child’s lifestyle and prevent childhood obesity. For example, the parents’ five-step plan consists of: keeping a bowl of fresh fruit available for snacking, family walks after dinner, planning menus for the week and cooking with the children, turning off the television at meal time to promote family bonding, and having conversation with the school principal about organizing a school heath team to assess the strengths and weaknesses of school health policies.

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Jan 7, 2016My Bariatric Life
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Cheryl Ann Borne, writing as My Bariatric Life, is an obesity health activist and Paleo, Keto, low-carb recipe developer. She inspires patients with outstanding resources and by sharing her long-term success in defeating obesity and its related illnesses of diabetes, hypertension, depression, asthma, GERD, autoimmune disease and digestive disorder. Today, My Bariatric Life is a size 2 down from a size 24W and living larger than ever!

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