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Obesity and Economics
May 10, 2010
To have self-knowledge is to be filled with wonder, adventure, curiosity, and creativity. We must understand the importance of this concept if we are to be successful as leaders.
-Maurice Sykes, The Art of Leadership: Leading Early Childhood Organizations
-Maurice Sykes, The Art of Leadership: Leading Early Childhood Organizations
These alarming facts come from Marc Ambinder's thorough, if somewhat frightening article, "Beating Obesity," in The Atlantic (May 2010). Two main points raised in the article may be of particular interest to early childhood professionals. This first is Ambinder's review of research on success rates of adult diet plans, which highlights the extreme difficulty of shedding pounds the older we get. This adds urgency to having preschool children set out on the right course at the beginning, to develop healthy habits that will protect them for a lifetime.
A second point was concerning as well. Ambinder outlined how obesity has an economic element. In poorer neighborhoods with less available health care and nutritional consultation and with a higher prevalence of fast food establishments, obesity is more commonplace. As a result... "black children are more at peril of becoming obese than white children.... Obesity rates are above average among Mexican-American boys... [and] Obesity rates among young Indian-Americans tend to be nearly twice the national average."
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Displaying All 2 Commentsthe grand child care center
chicago, IL, United States
Our life style in America is such that people have more chances to be over weight. We give too much importance to food . Look at any meeting! There are plenty of soft drinks and cookies and cup cakes inviting us! First there is appetizers, and the main course and the desserts! Unlike many other cultures, where they refrain from certain food products or skip a meal on certain day of a week or once a month , we have no opportunity to build our will power. Because we don't have any thing called 'VRAT'! 'Vrat' is a Sanskrit word: meaning doing something with determination.
Geeta Bhatt, Director, G.C.C.C; Chicago.
United States
In regards to Obesity in the US, just take a look at whats on the menu at any preschool. Because more ECE schools are for profit, the menu will not set up healthy eating habits.
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