How Obesity Will Affect Our Future Generations
Obesity is a growing concern
Obesity is a growing concern. The last decade has seen statistics grow and more and more people being classed as obese, and the problem is now sharply increasing in our children, with just over 33% of 11-year-olds now overweight or obese and 22% of four and 5-year-olds. Thats a shocking number of children.
The recent start of the new school year was greeted with reports of a dramatic rise in demand for extra-large uniforms for primary school pupils. 11 year old children wearing size 14 clothes.
There are concerns that if this present trend continues then obesity related diseases like diabetes, raised blood pressure and cholesterol and even heart disease which is usually uncommon in youngsters, will occur at much younger ages. The current generation of children is the first generation expected not to outlive their parents - a very sad statistic.
Nutrition should be on the curriculum as compulsory in schools. Healthy eating - tried and tested. Homework set on researching and trying new foods, maybe looking into detail at labels and what they mean. The differences between good fats and bad ones. Education is key. While the kids are young and impressionable enough and are a captive audience, they need to be educated.
Physical Activity is key and goes hand in hand with nutrition. PE is still taught in schools, I took PE as a GSCE subject and we learned all about the human body and basic anatomy and physiology, I don't know how much of PE nowadays is classroom based learning about the body and how it works but it too should be on the curriculum as compulsory alongside the practical sports side.
Exercise Bike and
Fitness Equipment has come a long way since the treadmill was first introduced in 1875. By the 1960s, treadmills were common in homes and gyms. Elliptical Cross trainer machines came later and were first released in the mid-1990s and have become very popular.
Articles like the one released last week about trampolining being dangerous for kids do not help! Kids need to be encouraged to be more active, not to be sat in front of the TV or the games console after school and at the weekends. Join a sports club, play outside with other kids, thats what we had to do.
Michelle Obama - Lets Move Campaign In the United States, at the legislative level, First Lady Michelle Obama's 'Let's Move' campaign has brought national attention to the childhood obesity cause. Something like this needs to be happening in the UK too.
Celebrity Chef, Jamie Oliver, works hard to tirelessly campaign for healthier school dinners and education about food. There are people out there passionate enough to have a voice, but will they be heard over the billions and billions of pounds that are spent on the food industry in advertising their newest sugar free or reduced fat ready meal? We will see.
Leading a healthy lifestyle, granted it can be hard. Particularly when you are limited on time and surrounded by people and society who want to give you all the unhealthy foods and drinks and make you feel sometimes like you are unusual if you do not choose to accept. But like anything once it becomes a habit, it will be second nature and you will wonder why you didn't start sooner. There is a lot of will
Power Plate involved in trying to make changes for the better, particularly relating to diet - it is too easy to just have one more, or start tomorrow.
So let us help starting now, to change the way our children and our children's children think about physical activity and food. After all, they are our future generations of military personnel, teachers, doctors, sporting heroes and our future role models. What is stopping you from starting today?
by: Ms.Michelle Caines
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