Comments on: Childhood Obesity Rates Remaining Steady? http://focusorganic.com/childhood-obesity-rates-remaining-steady/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:43:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Evercleanse http://focusorganic.com/childhood-obesity-rates-remaining-steady/#comment-3197 Evercleanse Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:53:40 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/childhood-obesity-rates-remaining-steady/#comment-3197 its very sad to see that 20% of kids are obese today its very sad to see that 20% of kids are obese today

]]> By: Stefanie http://focusorganic.com/childhood-obesity-rates-remaining-steady/#comment-212 Stefanie Fri, 30 May 2008 23:38:33 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/childhood-obesity-rates-remaining-steady/#comment-212 [quote comment="206"]The extra weight is going to change the way their bones grow and their organs develop - usually for the worse. [/quote] That is a very good point, and one that I hadn't thought of. Even if the child can develop a sense of eating healthy later in life, that could be a problem that will be difficult or impossible to fix. Jay Andrew Allen said:

The extra weight is going to change the way their bones grow and their organs develop - usually for the worse.

That is a very good point, and one that I hadn't thought of. Even if the child can develop a sense of eating healthy later in life, that could be a problem that will be difficult or impossible to fix.

]]> By: Jay Andrew Allen http://focusorganic.com/childhood-obesity-rates-remaining-steady/#comment-206 Jay Andrew Allen Fri, 30 May 2008 15:45:33 +0000 http://focusorganic.com/childhood-obesity-rates-remaining-steady/#comment-206 Thanks for adding some sense to these numbers. I didn't see this story as any reason to celebrate, either. There's been no reversal. We're still saddling kids with health problems they may have for the rest of their lives. The extra weight is going to change the way their bones grow and their organs develop - usually for the worse. So where's the good news, again? Thanks for adding some sense to these numbers. I didn't see this story as any reason to celebrate, either. There's been no reversal. We're still saddling kids with health problems they may have for the rest of their lives. The extra weight is going to change the way their bones grow and their organs develop - usually for the worse.

So where's the good news, again?

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