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Excerpt Ageless Athletic Assassin: Page 175
CHILD OBESITY
Children Age 2 to Teenagers Age 19 can determine if they are overweight or obese using the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) BMI calculator.
Per the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 1 in 6 children are overweight. Obese children are more likely to develop a variety of health problems when they become adults including cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance (a sign of prediabetes), musculoskeletal disorders (especially osteoarthritis), some cancers (endometrial, breast and colon), and disability.
Social influences at home and school are leading forces of child obesity. At home, children who are raised by obese parents have an 80% chance of being obese when they become adults. That is a staggering statistic. Parents must lead by example by serving nutritious meals and storing healthy foods at home. A house full of junk food and daily orders of fast food is a fast track to obesity.
Children grow up idolizing athletes and hollywood stars seen on television. Parents must do their best to curb television viewership as food and beverage companies spend billions of marketing dollars targeting kids to influence their food choices.
New York University conducted research on sports sponsorships discovering that major sports leagues like the NFL and NBA have millions of young viewers (about 412 million under the age of 17 per year). Unfortunately, the vast majority of the snacks and drinks featured through these sponsorships are unhealthy. Kids see these pro athletes at the pinnacle of physical fitness — then the television cuts to a commercial for chips and sugary drinks which leading kids to think these products are healthier than they are when 76% of food and beverage ads shown are unhealthy such as Snickers bars, Doritos chips, and Frosted Flake cereals. When kids see a given food branded with a superhero or a sports hero, they eat more of it.
As parents, you can take charge in your community similar to the World Health Organization who suggest strict regulations on food ads targeted at kids. Bans on advertising of foods and beverages on TV and radio during hours when children are the main audience have been put in place in Chile, Iceland, Ireland, and Mexico. Other bans apply in schools (e.g. Chile, Poland, Spain and Turkey), in public transport (e.g. Australia) and other public places (e.g. Norway). In America, cities such as Phoenix applied to earn grants nationally to fight obesity in their communities.
Being obese as children in school is tough as children face low odds of enjoying benefits of normal weight, experience social discrimination for being overweight by their classmates, and likely to obtain medical problems.
Food education should be a part of the curriculum where students can visit local farms, learn about healthy eating and cooking.
For exercise, John Ratey’s book “Spark” covered a wonderful success story from Naperville, IL in 1999 where all middle schools implemented a gym class for 19,000 students transforming them into the fittest middle-schoolers in the nation as only 3% of Naperville was overweight vs the 30% national average. Best of all was the benefits of the benefits to the mind with improved intelligence where Naperville's 8th graders took the TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) test against powerhouses of China, Japan, and Singapore - beating them out for 1st in Science and 6th in Math worldwide.
Childhood obesity is personal as I was obese at Age 10 with little exercise and bad nutrition. Seeing that, my father enrolled me in karate for 3 years and signed us up for the track team as it’s the only sport that doesn’t make cuts! I’m forever grateful for my father’s encouragement to exercise as I became healthier and improved academically finishing top 10 in high school, attended an elite liberal arts college in Maine, and graduated with honors from MBA business school. Without exercise, I would not be where I am today to pay it forward with a personal mission to help 2 billion overweight people become healthier.
For students, the call to action is to exercise for 60 minutes 3 times a week, eat healthily, and be careful of the unhealthy advertisements seen on television by superheros and athletes you love.
Fitness can be a family sport or community-driven thru your school or sports team. If your family is ready to rid yourself of obesity, reach out to our JustHuynh Fitness for online and studio group fitness programs.
CHILD OBESITY
Children Age 2 to Teenagers Age 19 can determine if they are overweight or obese using the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) BMI calculator.
Per the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 1 in 6 children are overweight. Obese children are more likely to develop a variety of health problems when they become adults including cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance (a sign of prediabetes), musculoskeletal disorders (especially osteoarthritis), some cancers (endometrial, breast and colon), and disability.
Social influences at home and school are leading forces of child obesity. At home, children who are raised by obese parents have an 80% chance of being obese when they become adults. That is a staggering statistic. Parents must lead by example by serving nutritious meals and storing healthy foods at home. A house full of junk food and daily orders of fast food is a fast track to obesity.
Children grow up idolizing athletes and hollywood stars seen on television. Parents must do their best to curb television viewership as food and beverage companies spend billions of marketing dollars targeting kids to influence their food choices.
New York University conducted research on sports sponsorships discovering that major sports leagues like the NFL and NBA have millions of young viewers (about 412 million under the age of 17 per year). Unfortunately, the vast majority of the snacks and drinks featured through these sponsorships are unhealthy. Kids see these pro athletes at the pinnacle of physical fitness — then the television cuts to a commercial for chips and sugary drinks which leading kids to think these products are healthier than they are when 76% of food and beverage ads shown are unhealthy such as Snickers bars, Doritos chips, and Frosted Flake cereals. When kids see a given food branded with a superhero or a sports hero, they eat more of it.
As parents, you can take charge in your community similar to the World Health Organization who suggest strict regulations on food ads targeted at kids. Bans on advertising of foods and beverages on TV and radio during hours when children are the main audience have been put in place in Chile, Iceland, Ireland, and Mexico. Other bans apply in schools (e.g. Chile, Poland, Spain and Turkey), in public transport (e.g. Australia) and other public places (e.g. Norway). In America, cities such as Phoenix applied to earn grants nationally to fight obesity in their communities.
Being obese as children in school is tough as children face low odds of enjoying benefits of normal weight, experience social discrimination for being overweight by their classmates, and likely to obtain medical problems.
Food education should be a part of the curriculum where students can visit local farms, learn about healthy eating and cooking.
For exercise, John Ratey’s book “Spark” covered a wonderful success story from Naperville, IL in 1999 where all middle schools implemented a gym class for 19,000 students transforming them into the fittest middle-schoolers in the nation as only 3% of Naperville was overweight vs the 30% national average. Best of all was the benefits of the benefits to the mind with improved intelligence where Naperville's 8th graders took the TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) test against powerhouses of China, Japan, and Singapore - beating them out for 1st in Science and 6th in Math worldwide.
Childhood obesity is personal as I was obese at Age 10 with little exercise and bad nutrition. Seeing that, my father enrolled me in karate for 3 years and signed us up for the track team as it’s the only sport that doesn’t make cuts! I’m forever grateful for my father’s encouragement to exercise as I became healthier and improved academically finishing top 10 in high school, attended an elite liberal arts college in Maine, and graduated with honors from MBA business school. Without exercise, I would not be where I am today to pay it forward with a personal mission to help 2 billion overweight people become healthier.
For students, the call to action is to exercise for 60 minutes 3 times a week, eat healthily, and be careful of the unhealthy advertisements seen on television by superheros and athletes you love.
Fitness can be a family sport or community-driven thru your school or sports team. If your family is ready to rid yourself of obesity, reach out to our JustHuynh Fitness for online and studio group fitness programs.
