treating obesity with physical activity doesnt work well since obese kids dont like physical activity. Nor does physical activity predict future childhood (and hence adult) obesity.
So we now know to a greater extent that fatness produces physical inactivity, not the other way around. "EarlyBird [Diabetes Study] has already shown how the trajectory leading to obesity is established very early in life, long before children go to school, and how most childhood obesity is associated with obesity in the same-sex parent."
This trajectory seems to be caused by early feeding habits, especially excessively large portions in general and excess dietary fat and sugar in specific. As usual, eating a vegetable, fruit, and grain-based whole foods diet will solve much of this obesity issue in one fell swoop. But the childish ongoing food desires of adult humanity continue to worsen the obesity epidemic.
Recently it was reported http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html that in the US in 1991 the fattest state on average was Mississippi, with an obesity rate of ~16%. In 2008 the THINNEST state was Colorado, with a ~19% obesity rate. Such are the stats that nightmares are made of; and, yes, a lot of these same nightmares are caused by eating a mound of ice cream (with or without pickles) before bed!
So eat plants; and feed your kids plants. Our human suffering will decrease by a bit. Simple.
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