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Topic: Obesity, Virus, Education
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Sans Tache
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posted 07 September 2006 02:29 PM
Peramble: I was inspired to investigate the subject of obesity when the Ontario government came up with the 20 minute workout plan last year. Although it is a (good) start, this program falls far short of where we need to be regarding physical health and obesity within your youth population. I believe physical education should be mandatory for all three levels of publicly funded education system. English and Mathematics are now mandatory and so should Phys-Ed/Health. I think the only way for students to take their health seriously is to have them tested, marked and graded. Who knows, it might even reduce smoking (try running a Km. with a smoker’s cough) amongst our teens.Subject: Obesity could be caused by the adenovirus-36 (Ad-36). Proper nutrition and vigorous physical activity seem to be the only known cures for this virus. The Ad-36 is from the common cold family. Postamble: Poverty and disease are linked. I haven't read anything else on obesity and poverty but it seems reasonable to link these conditions as well. Read posting from Nic_Sey, http://www.rabble.ca/babble/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=21&t=001650
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Sans Tache
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posted 29 December 2006 10:12 AM
New evidence - Obesity and Poverty in the USA.One solution I have heard of is to revisit the school breakfast and lunch programs. Forbes.com - Low-Income Preschoolers Prone to Obesity - 12.28.06, 12:00 AM ET quote: THURSDAY, Dec. 28 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. obesity epidemic begins with kids barely out of diapers -- at least in poor, urban families, a new study suggests. A review of nearly 2,000 3-year-old, low-income children and their mothers found that one-third of white and black children were overweight or obese, while a stunning 44 percent of Latino children fell into those categories. "The message is that we're seeing overweight and obesity at younger ages than we thought possible," said study author Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, a health and society scholar at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. "It's a particular problem in lower-income communities, and it's something we need to keep an eye on and prevent as much as possible."
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