Thursday, May 28, 2009

Anna had a Birthday - Shout Hooray!

We were very sad we had to be gone for Anna's birthday. We celebrated a day early. She had a fun day on Thursday the 28th. She slept down on the coach and Maren and I redid her room with new comforters, bedskirts, shams, pillows, lamp, and a clothes hamper. Maren decorated the front of her door and locked it up. In the morning, I told her she needed to get her room clean, so we followed her up to her room. She was excited about her new presents. She also opened her presents from the family in the morning.

The other presents she received were:
A hula hoop and bubble sword from Jonny
An mp3 player from Maren
The newest Percy Jackson book and a booklight from Brian
Mall Cop and candy from Brian
A webkinz from Emily
Clothes from Mom and Dad

We also went clothes shopping at Old Navy for some clothes for her to wear on her birthday. On Friday, she was able to go to Sierra Shields for an end of school party. Charie made her a cake! She had a great time. At least she had fun in our absence.












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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 Outside work and play have been replaced by many hours in front of the computer and electronic games.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?

1995 Food Guide Pyramid

1995 Food Guide Pyramid
This is the old food guide pyramid

My Pyramid

My Pyramid
This is the new pyramid - it focuses on activity and more balance in foods.

My Solution

Coming Soon:)