It's not just a matter of getting the kids outdoors to play. Our entire country has an obesity epidemic, and it's partially because we don't exercise enough, and partially because of the foods we're eating. Our high-fat, high-carb diets, fed with fast-food drive-through habits and busy lives where we grab snacks out of vending machines, is also to blame. To change the shape of our children, we will have to change the family diet as well. And that's the hardest in poorest communities. Lean meat, veggies and fruit cost more, are more labor-intensive, and spoil more quickly. I think Michelle Obama's platform is wonderful and I hope she's successful in making it happen in a generation. But I fear that's not enough time in our busy, convenience-oriented world.
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It's not just a matter of getting the kids outdoors to play. Our entire country has an obesity epidemic, and it's partially because we don't exercise enough, and partially because of the foods we're eating. Our high-fat, high-carb diets, fed with fast-food drive-through habits and busy lives where we grab snacks out of vending machines, is also to blame. To change the shape of our children, we will have to change the family diet as well. And that's the hardest in poorest communities. Lean meat, veggies and fruit cost more, are more labor-intensive, and spoil more quickly. I think Michelle Obama's platform is wonderful and I hope she's successful in making it happen in a generation. But I fear that's not enough time in our busy, convenience-oriented world.
February 12, 2010 - 8:59amThis Comment
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