Let’s Move
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Food Has Changed
I was just telling my kids the other day that when I was in high school I bumped into one of the cross country runners at McDonalds drinking the Large soda. I was amazed he could drink soooo much! Looking back, that drink is now the McDonalds small drink which it seems everyone drinks (if not the medium). Candy bars are bigger, portions are bigger and the amount of preservatives and additives are crazy!
Obesity rates have tripled with American kids aged 12-19 since 1980. One third of Americas children are over weight or obese. There is so much information available online and in the news that it can get exhausting. Do we really need to do something?
I think as parents the answer is easy, of course we need to do something! But the answer of what are we going to do may not be so easy.
Jamie Oliver is trying to revolutionize Americas eating habits. Will this work, can this be done? I for one would like to think it can. How though, just like David Letterman said with 160 types of cookies what hope do you have?
Let’s Move
First Lady Michelle Obama Let’s Move initiative and the fight against childhood obesity has been created to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation.
I was able to be on an online discussion forum: Kids’ Obesity and Healthy Eating/Nutrition and Health. During this panel discussion we reviewed new technologies that can help us, as Moms, make wiser choices in our family diet. I do not have the details available to give to you yet but knowing that new programs are on the way makes me feel excited about what Let’s Move can do if this program gets the attention it deserves!
Good Information
Apps for Healthy Kids- If you are an app developer here is a great opportunity.
Lets Move website – The Let’s Move website contains healthy choices, healthier schools, physical activities and accessible and affordable healthy food information.
Jamie Oliver – Sign a petition to support Jamie’s food revolution.
As a Mom I am ready to see some changes. I would love to see healthier lunches available at school, no preservatives lurking in food, no hidden additives in drinks and no funny gimmicks like “no fat” ,”no sugar” which basically translates to chemically altered food. But bottom line I am responsible for what goes in my body and my childrens body. If I buy it they will probably eat it. So I would love a technology to help make good food choices especially when the idea of knowing what is good and what is not has gotten so fuzzy.
What kind of changes would you like to see? Would you like for the world to go back to natural food, organically grown? How about more Whole Food type stores so that these stores will have to get competitaive and drop prices? You gotta love how one man changed Mcdonalds with his documentary what can a whole bunch of Moms do?
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Tags: Healthy food, Jamie Oliver, Let's Move, Michelle Obama
