Brian and Scotty have the stomach flu. They have been laying on the couch for the last two or three days. I thought they would start feeling better today, but no luck yet. Wednesdsay morning Scotty was so upset about a sore on his foot that I couldn't even send him to school. He wouldn't walk on it and wouldn't stop crying. I didn't realize he was also sick. I gave him tylenol in the morning. Little did I know that Emily was carefully watching. Wednesday night, Ken found about 10 Junior Tylenol opened wrappers downstairs! We asked Emily about it and she said that Scotty had some too. We quickly checked on line and found out they would have had to have 20 tablets to be toxic. But it was pretty scary for a little while. Then on Thursday, we found three more wrappers and realized that they only had about 6 tylenol tablets between the two of them and the rest was GAS-X! Crazy kids!
My Thoughts on HEALTH and NUTRITION
The above slide show depicts the changes over the past 20 years in the percentage of Americans who are obese. During the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. The slide set illustrates this trend by mapping the increased prevalence of obesity across each of the states. In 1985 most of the states had a percentage of <10%.>25%. So why the change? What has brought on this increase in our nation? Here are my thoughts.
1. TECHNOLOGY
The 80s and 90s brought computers and game consoles to the world. Outside work and play have been replaced by many hours in front of the computer and electronic games. This has led to a nation that is much less active than before.
2. DIET FADS
The 80s is characterized by the LOW-FAT diet craze. If you ate things that were LOW-FAT you weren't supposed to "get fat." The food guide pyramid was taught. It focused on eating large amounts of grains (6-11 servings of bread, cereal, rice & pasta a day). Other diet fads have been the "low calorie diet" and the "Adkins" or low-carb diets. These diet fads have changed the way people think "healthy" eating should be.
3. EASY/PROCESSED FOODS
Our nation now has a "get it quick and get it now" mentality. Fast food restaurants are abundant and very accessible. The less time it takes to make or get our food, the better.
I feel that the three of these areas combined have led to an increase in obesity in our nation. SO NOW WHAT?
My Solution
Coming Soon:)
1 comments:
Oh Janet, sorry to hear about your sickies and man the tylenol and gas-x is scary :(. Anyhow, hope the kiddos are feeling better and by the way....Happy Birthday! I turned 44 this past March!!! Hope all is well with you. Love keeping in touch and definitely miss seeing you :(. Take care! Tell Maren hello from Bec! Cyndie
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