Sunday, January 23, 2011
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Diets and Exercise on Life Support
http://obesitythunderbay.ning.com/
Diets and Exercise Model
The current model that has bee addressing obesity was hit this week by a large Walmart truck. It appears the giant retailer has been paying close attention to the many that have been calling for sweeping changes to the current broken down model.
The simple fact remains that we do have a crisis and we have been funding programs that were suppose to address the obesity issue. Our current model has the numbers to go with it,and the failure is staggering, but we continue to pour money into these programs.Many governments are in lock step with the food giants ,and I dare say our media has been having a most difficult time getting active.
Who is funding the Inactivity Crisis? Why ? The time for real action is upon us and I want to invite you, the reader , to join the Biggest Loser Discussion. For years the obesity issue landed squarely onto the individual, and now that a Giant Retailer has stepped in all is about to shift. Blaming the individual for the food related obesity crisis makes no sense, unless your goal is to distort the reality of the situation.
We are standing by as the Inactivity Model continues to foster more and more Eating Disorders in our children,maybe your child as well. Obese people have been the target , and thanks to Walmart ,they are no longer isolated.Bullies operate the same way ,and it is time for us to demand our media to get up off of the couch potato myth,or inactivity crisis. After all, obese people are not the enemy, they represent the data related to our Diet and Exercise Plan, which has been great for the obesity,weight loss industry.
www.obesitythunderbay.ning.com is a model that is trying to ignite a Big Fat Lazy Lifestyle Biggest Loser Conversation.The model is called Shared Accountability ,and it is free to explore and access. It adds a transfusion to the Diet and Exercise plan and that is Environment. Please find time to explore the free site , and post your ideas and feedback.
Paul
www.obesitythunderbay.ning.com
Diets and Exercise Model
The current model that has bee addressing obesity was hit this week by a large Walmart truck. It appears the giant retailer has been paying close attention to the many that have been calling for sweeping changes to the current broken down model.
The simple fact remains that we do have a crisis and we have been funding programs that were suppose to address the obesity issue. Our current model has the numbers to go with it,and the failure is staggering, but we continue to pour money into these programs.Many governments are in lock step with the food giants ,and I dare say our media has been having a most difficult time getting active.
Who is funding the Inactivity Crisis? Why ? The time for real action is upon us and I want to invite you, the reader , to join the Biggest Loser Discussion. For years the obesity issue landed squarely onto the individual, and now that a Giant Retailer has stepped in all is about to shift. Blaming the individual for the food related obesity crisis makes no sense, unless your goal is to distort the reality of the situation.
We are standing by as the Inactivity Model continues to foster more and more Eating Disorders in our children,maybe your child as well. Obese people have been the target , and thanks to Walmart ,they are no longer isolated.Bullies operate the same way ,and it is time for us to demand our media to get up off of the couch potato myth,or inactivity crisis. After all, obese people are not the enemy, they represent the data related to our Diet and Exercise Plan, which has been great for the obesity,weight loss industry.
www.obesitythunderbay.ning.com is a model that is trying to ignite a Big Fat Lazy Lifestyle Biggest Loser Conversation.The model is called Shared Accountability ,and it is free to explore and access. It adds a transfusion to the Diet and Exercise plan and that is Environment. Please find time to explore the free site , and post your ideas and feedback.
Paul
www.obesitythunderbay.ning.com
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Weightwashing
Weightwashing and Our Food Industry
2011-01-17
The food industry has worked skilfully to shape the obesity crisis, and have long maintained that our citizens are not active enough. The media and our food industry have created the inactivity model, and many heavily funded programs are shackled to it. The diet and exercise message could use a transfusion, or an influx of a new concept, and it is called environment. Our obesity crisis has long been blamed on the individual for a poor lifestyle and a lack of willed up power. These same junk food producers have been working to create weight loss friendly foods, and our thin loving media culture has been eating up this weight loss magic foods. This brings forth a new term called weightwashing. It refers to a double dipping cycle and serves the food industry very well. Our food environment is packed full of empty calories, and the marketing of junky type foods is relentless. The accepted term, biggest losers, has shaped our culture into believing that this is a neutral response, and helps to provide motivation for change. It has also has spawned a doubling of body image issues in children under twelve. Eating disorders have doubled in children, and some are prepared to die trying to become thin. We need to explore our food environment and dissect the obesity crisis with an open free flowing discussion.
Clearly, obese people are victims of our “fat hating media”. They have long maintained that body size and weight is within the grasp of the individual. Many messages include terms such as, lifestyle, willpower and support the belief that the individual is in complete control. Unfortunately, this is not true, and obesity continues to be a very complex issue for many. Our constant focus on diets and exercise continue to miss the food relationship component, and the notion of body image. Thus, eating disorders continue to rise in our children under twelve, and we continue to watch programs fail to create any real progress, or in roads that addresses the obesity crisis. The time for a community driven plan is at hand, and it can begin with a simple conversation. The billion dollar weight loss industry needs to be addressed, and our efforts must become more global in nature. How does our current food environment support healthy communities and healthy children?
Obesity oppression continue flood the airways by promoting stigma, blame and negativity towards the fatties. Many have stated that obesity bashing is the last accepted discriminatory practice. Biggest losers, is a very accepted, socially acceptable and works to undermine the individual, but is disguised as motivation. Obesity is one of the last frontiers that allows for discrimination. It promotes hatred and works to undermine the self-esteem of many. How can lower the amount of fat hatred? Perhaps it is time to inspire a conversation, and an exploration of our food environment that must include the use of chemicals in our farming techniques. We do not isolate the smoker; instead we have created wonderful initiatives that provide education for the individual and offer support to kick the habit. Many have been calling for a similar action plan to address obesity. Is food our next tobacco? This question has been circling for many years, and it draws a parallel to the tobacco movement and our obesity crisis. Simply stated, the obesity issue is very complex, and hopefully we can include the individual by utilizing a supportive environment that offers education and advocacy.
Integrity, dignity and acceptance are all needed to tackle obesity. When an individual feels better, they may eat better and become a full partner in protecting their own health. This is a key concept for the www.obesitythunderbay.ning.com action plan. The goal is to offer support for anyone that may struggle with food related issues. Together, we can inspire a conversation about obesity. How can we add acceptance to the obesity crisis? Firstly, we can lower the amount of obesity bashing that is so very prevalent within our media. A big fat discussion could be held on the many complexities surrounding the obesity issue. We can host a call in radio program in the hope that the overall message could be related to acceptance. Some have argued that acceptance represents a major mistake, and it has been distorted in many circles to add to the confusion. Food relationships can be discussed and plans can include the shared accountability model. It champions all aspects of our food environment, and hopes to add a level of openness to the overall discussion.
The health and well being of our communities is at stake, and it is time to explore all aspects of our environment. Our thin loving media needs to be able to report on our obesity crisis, and have the will power to get up off of the couch potato myth. Obese people are not big losers, and the term is mean spirited, hurtful and socially unacceptable. It alienates the individual and supports the try harder; you can do it, weight loss message. . It seems rather self serving to sell and market unhealthy, high calorie foods to young children, and lay claim to providing healthy meal plans to address obesity at the same time. The time for real action is upon us, and we could start with a little conversation on obesity. Many of these heavily funded, food industry driven programs are restricted in many ways by the made up inactivity crisis. Often these programs are linked to our giant food industry and many have been demanding a level of transparency for these initiatives. Let’s add integrity, dignity and advocacy, to the healthy community action plan. Why would the food industry want to support a scheme that isolates the individual ands restricts the obesity discussion? After all, obese people are not the enemy. Together, as a community, we can create a model that does not tackle, or attack anyone. The shared accountability model is ready for a test or a trial and the approach is environmental. After all, obese people are not the enemy.
www.obesitythunderbay.ning.com
Tag Line
Obesity ,weight loss, weightwashing, biggest loser, childhood obesity, community health,
Monday, January 17, 2011
Fat Talk and Lifestyle
Fat Talk and Lifestyle.
Childhood obesity continues be a very hot topic as well as having countless points of view. “Physical Inactivity and Lifestyle” is very popular model
for special interest groups. Some of these groups are funded by the
food industry, the weight loss industry, other special interest
groups that have a vested interest to steer the childhood obesity
conversation away from certain points of contention.
Special interest groups have a vested interest in supporting personal accountability and the physical inactivity crisis. The activity crisis is designed to place
all focus onto the individual’s level of overall activity, and thus
steer away from any discussions about the current food environment.
The activity model is regularly used when any news story explores the
childhood obesity issue, and they target TV, computer games,
sedentary lifestyles and poor parent involvement. Particapaction,
Let’s Move and Change4Life all link to the
inactivity crisis and avoid any discussion related to diet. The food
industry and the weight loss industry have a vested interest to keep
the focus on the individual, and scoff at any notion of government
regulation by using the term “Nanny State”. Nanny State speaks to
any type of government intervention with regard to regulation for the
food industry. Lifestyle is the catch-all term that schemes away from
the food environment, and serves to oppress the conversation.
Lifestyle is blame and it is heaped onto the individual. However, the
rates of childhood obesity continue to explode all over the planet.
The childhood obesity crisis represents some very big dollars to the
media, and the weight loss industry, which includes the fitness
movement. Highly skilled scientists may also work for the food
industry and encourage weight loss surgery for an option in
addressing obesity. The food industry can often be found as willing
supporters for programs that provide weight loss surgery. It is
time to try harder and this includes the media to explore and report
on the issue of the childhood obesity crisis.
The food industry and the weight loss industry oversee the exchange of billions of dollars. Both can be seen scheming to share their specific message about
childhood obesity.www.obesitythunderbay.ning.com is offering a new
approach called Shared Accountability and hopes to reach the masses
very soon. Shared Accountability is a model that has been created by
Paul Murphy and it focuses on the overall environment. Obese people
are often reluctant to discuss obesity and have been labelled in many
ways. These labels can be most hurtful and are often used by the
media. “Couch Potatoes” is a term regularly linked to the obese
individual by the media. Whether the message is about being
unhealthy, lazy, or slovenly obese people continue to be oppressed.
Obesity is a very personal issue and the negative messages encourage
unhealthy food relationships with food. Ninety-five per cent of diets
fail, but it is the individual that gets the failing grade. What if
all diets were forms of eating disorders? Eating disorders continue
to be on the rise and some of our children are ready to die trying to
be thin. We have been provided a distorted view of health, and
children are regularly being labelled as unhealthy, due to their
excess body weight. Poverty and obesity continue to be linked
together by many researchers and the conversation is raging on the
World Wide Web. Poverty is a risk factor for childhood obesity.
2fat2fly on Twitter is attempting to inspire and support the
conversation about childhood obesity, and hopes to play a role in a
national debate on the subject.
I am 2fat2fly on Twitter , and I am working to promote a big Fat Talk to take place .This community based action plan encourages acceptance, integrity, and
dignity. It offers support for those, who struggle with their food
relationship. The plan is to expose lifestyle and support the need
for a meaningful, articulated action plan with regard to childhood
obesity. Obese children are not the enemy, even though the headlines
are filled with fighting words. Some want to tackle, fight, or create
a war on obesity.Educated professionals are not interested in
fighting the obese child, but they are interested in addressing the
issue. Together we can promote a positive conversation about obese
oppression, or “fat hatred “This can change the
media’s bashing of the obese child. We hope to raise awareness and lower obesity bashing, thus broadening the discussion on childhood obesity. Maybe we need to
examine the lifestyle of the media and encourage them to stop
promoting the couch potato myth .Is it time for the media to
investigate the lifestyle message?
Many experts across the globe are working to promote a supportive conversation about childhood obesity, which represents the intervention needed. This discussion
may actually create the platform needed to offer support for the
individual. At some point and time we need to review our food
relationship, and by doing so real awareness and change may take
place. “Lifestyle” is a term in need of a reality check and we
need to examine what it exactly refers clearly and concisely. What is
a lifestyle choice? It represents an educated decision made by an
individual. Does one decide to have a drug addiction? No.
Let's work to lower the amount of blame
related to childhood obesity. This effort is a community based action
plan and the goal is to inspire the discussion to improve the health
of our children.
Please see and share across the planet.
New Writing Piece
Food Environmental Shift
There are countless childhood obesity action plans and many have integrity and dignity built in. There are several that continue to want to make the issue of childhood obesity simple. The issue is extremely complex and to label the obesity crisis as very basic , we miss the mark. However, children continue to get the message and that message is wrapped in bullying. It distorts the real environmental food issue and fails to reach the core component. Blaming and Lifestyle are the greatest barriers that continue to block the obesity conversation. Childhood obesity needs a full on investigation and I am calling for a national debate on obesity. The diet and exercise solution needs an overhaul and I think the Shared Accountability Model is ready for a challenge.
The weight loss industry continues to promise the magic solution and we keep measuring the individual. By all acounts I am a morbidly obese person, and each day I attempt to build a healthy balanced food relationship.I doubt I will become smarter ,or more attractive, if I drop a few pounds. Obesity is a by product and it has many factors. The failure rates on diets is about 95% , but who is the failure? The diets and exercise message needs an overhaul, and perhaps weight loss programs could become certified by a federal health agency.The messages related to weight loss claims are quite a stretch, otherwise we would only have a few programs and I dare say a lot less obesity.
I want to dedicate this paragraph to you, the reader. Together, we can inspire the conversation about childhood obesity.I want to invite you to send your feedback to this writer in a number of ways . Many have been using the Lake Superior page on Facebook, and I assure the feedback is most welcomed.My message is very basic ,and that includes acceptance, because obese children are not the enemy. They represent our future and bashing them needs to be challenged .We are feeding unhealthy food relationships in our young children,because they continue to be devalued. Obesity is a by product .
Here are a few ideas on childhood obesity. Restructure our grocery stores so that junk food is prominantly placed at the back of the store. We could see the removal of all candied items from the final sale till, thus creating Family Friendly food check outs.How bout supporting corner stores to provide affordable fresh produce for the consumer.Could we see lower priced fruits and vegetables?I would ask the giants of the food industry to take a seat and join this effort, afterall, these children are your customers. Is it possible to address junk food advertising directed at children under 18? Finally, any program that is long on funding , but short on integrity and dignity needs an overhaul. The issue of childhood obesity is gigantic, and I find it unacceptable to see this complex problem downloaded onto a child.I agree we have an activity crisis, and some of these heavily funded programs need to get moving on new ideas and new concepts.
The time for action is upon us and it must be created with Integrity and Dignity. The tired old activity failing model needs a partner and a cleansing. Bashing the obese child needs to be challenged and an open free flowing discussion could start the process.Childhood obesity is our crisis and ignorring it is a recipie for disaster to individuals and our health care system. Perhaps we can begin to unravel the complex double dealing messages that are routed in blame. Lifestyle and healthy active living , eating right are staples in the news today. The underbelly of this message of eating right is the implied belief of eating wrong. As a child of poverty I did not eat for taste, or texture. I ate because I was hungry ,and many children are filling up to stave off hunger pains. Our efforts need to be clear and concise and blaming with the lifestyle message needs to be challenged.
Your feedback is most welcomed.
Paul Murphy For
Lake Superior News
Please see and share.
Childhood obesity continues be a very hot topic as well as having countless points of view. “Physical Inactivity and Lifestyle” is very popular model
for special interest groups. Some of these groups are funded by the
food industry, the weight loss industry, other special interest
groups that have a vested interest to steer the childhood obesity
conversation away from certain points of contention.
Special interest groups have a vested interest in supporting personal accountability and the physical inactivity crisis. The activity crisis is designed to place
all focus onto the individual’s level of overall activity, and thus
steer away from any discussions about the current food environment.
The activity model is regularly used when any news story explores the
childhood obesity issue, and they target TV, computer games,
sedentary lifestyles and poor parent involvement. Particapaction,
Let’s Move and Change4Life all link to the
inactivity crisis and avoid any discussion related to diet. The food
industry and the weight loss industry have a vested interest to keep
the focus on the individual, and scoff at any notion of government
regulation by using the term “Nanny State”. Nanny State speaks to
any type of government intervention with regard to regulation for the
food industry. Lifestyle is the catch-all term that schemes away from
the food environment, and serves to oppress the conversation.
Lifestyle is blame and it is heaped onto the individual. However, the
rates of childhood obesity continue to explode all over the planet.
The childhood obesity crisis represents some very big dollars to the
media, and the weight loss industry, which includes the fitness
movement. Highly skilled scientists may also work for the food
industry and encourage weight loss surgery for an option in
addressing obesity. The food industry can often be found as willing
supporters for programs that provide weight loss surgery. It is
time to try harder and this includes the media to explore and report
on the issue of the childhood obesity crisis.
The food industry and the weight loss industry oversee the exchange of billions of dollars. Both can be seen scheming to share their specific message about
childhood obesity.www.obesitythunderbay.ning.com is offering a new
approach called Shared Accountability and hopes to reach the masses
very soon. Shared Accountability is a model that has been created by
Paul Murphy and it focuses on the overall environment. Obese people
are often reluctant to discuss obesity and have been labelled in many
ways. These labels can be most hurtful and are often used by the
media. “Couch Potatoes” is a term regularly linked to the obese
individual by the media. Whether the message is about being
unhealthy, lazy, or slovenly obese people continue to be oppressed.
Obesity is a very personal issue and the negative messages encourage
unhealthy food relationships with food. Ninety-five per cent of diets
fail, but it is the individual that gets the failing grade. What if
all diets were forms of eating disorders? Eating disorders continue
to be on the rise and some of our children are ready to die trying to
be thin. We have been provided a distorted view of health, and
children are regularly being labelled as unhealthy, due to their
excess body weight. Poverty and obesity continue to be linked
together by many researchers and the conversation is raging on the
World Wide Web. Poverty is a risk factor for childhood obesity.
2fat2fly on Twitter is attempting to inspire and support the
conversation about childhood obesity, and hopes to play a role in a
national debate on the subject.
I am 2fat2fly on Twitter , and I am working to promote a big Fat Talk to take place .This community based action plan encourages acceptance, integrity, and
dignity. It offers support for those, who struggle with their food
relationship. The plan is to expose lifestyle and support the need
for a meaningful, articulated action plan with regard to childhood
obesity. Obese children are not the enemy, even though the headlines
are filled with fighting words. Some want to tackle, fight, or create
a war on obesity.Educated professionals are not interested in
fighting the obese child, but they are interested in addressing the
issue. Together we can promote a positive conversation about obese
oppression, or “fat hatred “This can change the
media’s bashing of the obese child. We hope to raise awareness and lower obesity bashing, thus broadening the discussion on childhood obesity. Maybe we need to
examine the lifestyle of the media and encourage them to stop
promoting the couch potato myth .Is it time for the media to
investigate the lifestyle message?
Many experts across the globe are working to promote a supportive conversation about childhood obesity, which represents the intervention needed. This discussion
may actually create the platform needed to offer support for the
individual. At some point and time we need to review our food
relationship, and by doing so real awareness and change may take
place. “Lifestyle” is a term in need of a reality check and we
need to examine what it exactly refers clearly and concisely. What is
a lifestyle choice? It represents an educated decision made by an
individual. Does one decide to have a drug addiction? No.
Let's work to lower the amount of blame
related to childhood obesity. This effort is a community based action
plan and the goal is to inspire the discussion to improve the health
of our children.
Please see and share across the planet.
New Writing Piece
Food Environmental Shift
There are countless childhood obesity action plans and many have integrity and dignity built in. There are several that continue to want to make the issue of childhood obesity simple. The issue is extremely complex and to label the obesity crisis as very basic , we miss the mark. However, children continue to get the message and that message is wrapped in bullying. It distorts the real environmental food issue and fails to reach the core component. Blaming and Lifestyle are the greatest barriers that continue to block the obesity conversation. Childhood obesity needs a full on investigation and I am calling for a national debate on obesity. The diet and exercise solution needs an overhaul and I think the Shared Accountability Model is ready for a challenge.
The weight loss industry continues to promise the magic solution and we keep measuring the individual. By all acounts I am a morbidly obese person, and each day I attempt to build a healthy balanced food relationship.I doubt I will become smarter ,or more attractive, if I drop a few pounds. Obesity is a by product and it has many factors. The failure rates on diets is about 95% , but who is the failure? The diets and exercise message needs an overhaul, and perhaps weight loss programs could become certified by a federal health agency.The messages related to weight loss claims are quite a stretch, otherwise we would only have a few programs and I dare say a lot less obesity.
I want to dedicate this paragraph to you, the reader. Together, we can inspire the conversation about childhood obesity.I want to invite you to send your feedback to this writer in a number of ways . Many have been using the Lake Superior page on Facebook, and I assure the feedback is most welcomed.My message is very basic ,and that includes acceptance, because obese children are not the enemy. They represent our future and bashing them needs to be challenged .We are feeding unhealthy food relationships in our young children,because they continue to be devalued. Obesity is a by product .
Here are a few ideas on childhood obesity. Restructure our grocery stores so that junk food is prominantly placed at the back of the store. We could see the removal of all candied items from the final sale till, thus creating Family Friendly food check outs.How bout supporting corner stores to provide affordable fresh produce for the consumer.Could we see lower priced fruits and vegetables?I would ask the giants of the food industry to take a seat and join this effort, afterall, these children are your customers. Is it possible to address junk food advertising directed at children under 18? Finally, any program that is long on funding , but short on integrity and dignity needs an overhaul. The issue of childhood obesity is gigantic, and I find it unacceptable to see this complex problem downloaded onto a child.I agree we have an activity crisis, and some of these heavily funded programs need to get moving on new ideas and new concepts.
The time for action is upon us and it must be created with Integrity and Dignity. The tired old activity failing model needs a partner and a cleansing. Bashing the obese child needs to be challenged and an open free flowing discussion could start the process.Childhood obesity is our crisis and ignorring it is a recipie for disaster to individuals and our health care system. Perhaps we can begin to unravel the complex double dealing messages that are routed in blame. Lifestyle and healthy active living , eating right are staples in the news today. The underbelly of this message of eating right is the implied belief of eating wrong. As a child of poverty I did not eat for taste, or texture. I ate because I was hungry ,and many children are filling up to stave off hunger pains. Our efforts need to be clear and concise and blaming with the lifestyle message needs to be challenged.
Your feedback is most welcomed.
Paul Murphy For
Lake Superior News
Please see and share.
Food Environmental Shift
Food Environmental Shift
There are countless childhood obesity action plans and many have integrity and dignity built in. There are several that continue to want to make the issue of childhood obesity simple. The issue is extremely complex and to label the obesity crisis as very basic , we miss the mark. However, children continue to get the message and that message is wrapped in bullying. It distorts the real environmental food issue and fails to reach the core component. Blaming and Lifestyle are the greatest barriers that continue to block the obesity conversation. Childhood obesity needs a full on investigation and I am calling for a national debate on obesity. The diet and exercise solution needs an overhaul and I think the Shared Accountability Model is ready for a challenge.
The weight loss industry continues to promise the magic solution and we keep measuring the individual. By all acounts I am a morbidly obese person, and each day I attempt to build a healthy balanced food relationship.I doubt I will become smarter ,or more attractive, if I drop a few pounds. Obesity is a by product and it has many factors. The failure rates on diets is about 95% , but who is the failure? The diets and exercise message needs an overhaul, and perhaps weight loss programs could become certified by a federal health agency.The messages related to weight loss claims are quite a stretch, otherwise we would only have a few programs and I dare say a lot less obesity.
I want to dedicate this paragraph to you, the reader. Together, we can inspire the conversation about childhood obesity.I want to invite you to send your feedback to this writer in a number of ways . Many have been using the Lake Superior page on Facebook, and I assure the feedback is most welcomed.My message is very basic ,and that includes acceptance, because obese children are not the enemy. They represent our future and bashing them needs to be challenged .We are feeding unhealthy food relationships in our young children,because they continue to be devalued. Obesity is a by product .
Here are a few ideas on childhood obesity. Restructure our grocery stores so that junk food is prominantly placed at the back of the store. We could see the removal of all candied items from the final sale till, thus creating Family Friendly food check outs.How bout supporting corner stores to provide affordable fresh produce for the consumer.Could we see lower priced fruits and vegetables?I would ask the giants of the food industry to take a seat and join this effort, afterall, these children are your customers. Is it possible to address junk food advertising directed at children under 18? Finally, any program that is long on funding , but short on integrity and dignity needs an overhaul. The issue of childhood obesity is gigantic, and I find it unacceptable to see this complex problem downloaded onto a child.I agree we have an activity crisis, and some of these heavily funded programs need to get moving on new ideas and new concepts.
The time for action is upon us and it must be created with Integrity and Dignity. The tired old activity failing model needs a partner and a cleansing. Bashing the obese child needs to be challenged and an open free flowing discussion could start the process.Childhood obesity is our crisis and ignorring it is a recipie for disaster to individuals and our health care system. Perhaps we can begin to unravel the complex double dealing messages that are routed in blame. Lifestyle and healthy active living , eating right are staples in the news today. The underbelly of this message of eating right is the implied belief of eating wrong. As a child of poverty I did not eat for taste, or texture. I ate because I was hungry ,and many children are filling up to stave off hunger pains. Our efforts need to be clear and concise and blaming with the lifestyle message needs to be challenged.
Your feedback is most welcomed.
Paul Murphy For
Lake Superior News
Please see and share.
There are countless childhood obesity action plans and many have integrity and dignity built in. There are several that continue to want to make the issue of childhood obesity simple. The issue is extremely complex and to label the obesity crisis as very basic , we miss the mark. However, children continue to get the message and that message is wrapped in bullying. It distorts the real environmental food issue and fails to reach the core component. Blaming and Lifestyle are the greatest barriers that continue to block the obesity conversation. Childhood obesity needs a full on investigation and I am calling for a national debate on obesity. The diet and exercise solution needs an overhaul and I think the Shared Accountability Model is ready for a challenge.
The weight loss industry continues to promise the magic solution and we keep measuring the individual. By all acounts I am a morbidly obese person, and each day I attempt to build a healthy balanced food relationship.I doubt I will become smarter ,or more attractive, if I drop a few pounds. Obesity is a by product and it has many factors. The failure rates on diets is about 95% , but who is the failure? The diets and exercise message needs an overhaul, and perhaps weight loss programs could become certified by a federal health agency.The messages related to weight loss claims are quite a stretch, otherwise we would only have a few programs and I dare say a lot less obesity.
I want to dedicate this paragraph to you, the reader. Together, we can inspire the conversation about childhood obesity.I want to invite you to send your feedback to this writer in a number of ways . Many have been using the Lake Superior page on Facebook, and I assure the feedback is most welcomed.My message is very basic ,and that includes acceptance, because obese children are not the enemy. They represent our future and bashing them needs to be challenged .We are feeding unhealthy food relationships in our young children,because they continue to be devalued. Obesity is a by product .
Here are a few ideas on childhood obesity. Restructure our grocery stores so that junk food is prominantly placed at the back of the store. We could see the removal of all candied items from the final sale till, thus creating Family Friendly food check outs.How bout supporting corner stores to provide affordable fresh produce for the consumer.Could we see lower priced fruits and vegetables?I would ask the giants of the food industry to take a seat and join this effort, afterall, these children are your customers. Is it possible to address junk food advertising directed at children under 18? Finally, any program that is long on funding , but short on integrity and dignity needs an overhaul. The issue of childhood obesity is gigantic, and I find it unacceptable to see this complex problem downloaded onto a child.I agree we have an activity crisis, and some of these heavily funded programs need to get moving on new ideas and new concepts.
The time for action is upon us and it must be created with Integrity and Dignity. The tired old activity failing model needs a partner and a cleansing. Bashing the obese child needs to be challenged and an open free flowing discussion could start the process.Childhood obesity is our crisis and ignorring it is a recipie for disaster to individuals and our health care system. Perhaps we can begin to unravel the complex double dealing messages that are routed in blame. Lifestyle and healthy active living , eating right are staples in the news today. The underbelly of this message of eating right is the implied belief of eating wrong. As a child of poverty I did not eat for taste, or texture. I ate because I was hungry ,and many children are filling up to stave off hunger pains. Our efforts need to be clear and concise and blaming with the lifestyle message needs to be challenged.
Your feedback is most welcomed.
Paul Murphy For
Lake Superior News
Please see and share.
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