Originally Posted by nannyde:
Our country is facing an obesity epidemic in our children that is so profound that it will change our longevity and our destiny as a human race if we do not get a handle on it and begin to deal with it from prenatal to adulthood.
Junk food is ONE of the contributors to our current crisis. Inactivity, low physical activity, severe lack of sleep, corn based foods, calcium deprivation, sugar drinks, fingertip playing toys/electronics, etc... are some of the perfect storm we are facing now with this health crisis.
If you are interested just google "obesity in infants" to see the current research. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0406093632.htm
By analyzing the electronic medical records of babies seen for routine "well-child" visits to the UTMB pediatric clinic, the investigators found that about 16 percent of 6-month-olds fit the study's criterion for obesity -- a weight-for-length ratio that put them in the top 5 percent of all babies in their age group. (Weight for length was used instead of the conventional body mass index because BMI is based on weight and height as measured while standing, which neither 6-month-olds nor 24-month-olds can do well enough to measure.) Further analysis of the records indicated that obese 2-year-olds were much more likely to have been obese at 6 months than 2-year-olds who were not obese.
It is very scary indeed. I'm pretty healthy, work out a lot and have tried to eat healthy. But the CR#P that's in the food/milk these days (even the healthy food) it's scary! Buying organic to feed a family is a very expensive alternative. It just plain sucks!