> or that kids are obese because of the crap foods they eat, and they > eat those crap foods because that is what food corporations tell them > to eat and tell their parents to buy for their kids with endless > advertising on television. thirty years ago this problem did not > exist, it was created by the food companies.
Agree, mostly, but parents deserve some of the responsibility as well for not getting themselves more educated on the topic. I admit that over the last decade I didn't really pay much attention to what I ate or drank. When I was in high school I was always on the move and burned a ton of calories. Then I got a cushy desk job (thanks CF!) with air conditioning and unlimited soda on tap and gained quite a bit of weight. It's been up and up over the last decade and just recently I turned 30 and decided to learn about what I was eating and what I could do about it. I started paying attention to calories and more importantly to the glycemic index of foods and their carbohydrate content. As suggested by "Good Calories Bad Calories" and the amusing "Fat Head" mockumentary, I started restricting calories to about 1900 a day, carbs to 100g/day or so, and started walking for an hour a day. I'm down 25 pounds over the last four months and still heading down to a more manageable weight. I don't want to point the finger entirely at any one place; there is plenty of blame to go around. The food companies deserve some blame for producing and relentlessly promoting very bad choices, especially to kids. The parents deserve some blame for not educating themselves and just being robots to do what the ads tell them. After they grow up (like me), the individuals deserve some of the blame for not educating themselves and making better decisions for themselves. My parents didn't take food very seriously. We ate a ton of snacks, soda, pasta, and even banana splits for dinner (on rare occasion just for fun, but not the best way to instill good food choices into your kids). The food companies promoted this kind of eating. I take some responsibility for ignoring what I was eating for ten years after I left home. I hope I do better for my own kids (none yet, but the wife and I are working on that. :) -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340446 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
