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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I am the Children's Program Director at a Fitness Center and have spent a lot of time working to fight Childhood Obesity, at least in my community. In my opinion (and just my opinion), the obesity epidemic has less to do with what we are eating and more to do with the sedentary lifestyle so common in this country. Kids have always eaten junk food. Not too many years ago kids ate bologna and cheese on white bread and Twinkies for lunch. Maybe even a Coke to drink. After lunch, they went outside and ran off all of those calories. We don't do that anymore. Recess is limited to less than an hour in almost all schools. PE isn't even required in many middle and high schools across the country. Kids are on the computer or in front of the television for hours a day and you don't even have to get your fat ass off the sofa to change the channel.

The same applies to adults. My grandparents ate bacon and eggs and biscuits with gravy almost every morning. Everything was fried. And they a lot of dessert. But they lived on a farm and worked hard all day. They were slim and healthy right up until they died, well into their 90s. They could eat whatever they wanted to because they were active.

I think the focus should be more on getting people active and keeping them active. Active kids do not become overweight. [/quote]

This, right here is the reasonable answer.  Instead of advocating to remove foods.. start advocating for more activity!  Make games that involve moving part of the parties.  Part of the kids' day.  [/quote]

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