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Nearly one-fifth of American 4-year-olds are obese. -- (link)

Posted by Don Homer (aka DonHomer) Apr 7 '09, 06:44

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link (www.cnn.com)

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there's no excuse for that. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 06:50 24
- *nods* and yesterday I saw something on tv about the abundance of sugary drinks (pop, sports drinks, juice, etc.) that kids and teens are consuming... - zork Apr 7, 07:23 23
  - seriously, that stuff is killing our kids. I don't mean to be overdramatic, but there's zero excuse for how much of that stuff kids consume. - loosilu Apr 7, 07:24 19
    - there's no need to regularly drink sports concoctions nor pop. Juice at least has some nutrients. I mostly drink milk and water and tea. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 07:29 18
      - juice has very few nutrients compared to the caloric costs. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 07:30 17
        
        still, it's better than pop by far -- nm - zork Apr 7, 07:33 15
        
        it's really not. just about the same amount of calories. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 07:33 14
        
        --- but manufacturers have convinced most people juice is nutritious, which is part of the problem. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 07:34 13
        
        ok, but I'd still rather they have a taste for fruit and hopefully eat some of the real stuff more often. -- nm - zork Apr 7, 07:35 4
        
        see, this is part of the problem. you're giving them a taste of the junk, which of course they're going to like better. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 07:36
        
        if you want kids to like fruit, you don't give them soda. give them fruit. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 07:36 2
        
        *concedes* -- nm - zork Apr 7, 07:37 1
        
        it's like giving kids ice cream and saying "Maybe it will make t hem want skim milk." -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 07:38
        
        it's better than soda, at least. -- nm - znufrii Apr 7, 07:34 7
        
        It's really not. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 07:35 6
        
        "Juice is as bad as soda, docs say." -- (link) - loosilu Apr 7, 07:36 5
        
        and I'm sure their are dozens of scientists who will say the exact opposite. There always are -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:40 4
        
        in this case, you will not find them. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 07:41 3
        
        in any case, I grew up drinking juice because I was allergic to milk. - znufrii Apr 7, 07:42 1
        
        how is juice a sub for milk? - loosilu Apr 7, 07:43
        
        ... unless they work for the juice industry. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 07:41
        
        ...besides which, I doubt many American kids are vitamin C deficient. Manufacturers put that crap in everything. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 07:31
  - alot of that sort of thing have been banned in schools around here -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 07:24 2
    - doesn't that just mean that it's not sold there? not that they cannot bring the junk in. plus there's after school consumption (while sitting around p - zork Apr 7, 07:31 1
      - not sold there is a good step. but yes, kids bring in appalling amounts of sugar. My sister tells me what the kindergartners eat. holy shit. -- nm - loosilu Apr 7, 07:32
May I make a modest proposal? -- nm - Jonathan Swift Apr 7, 06:47 1
- Om nom nom. -- nm - mara Apr 7, 07:03
That's a shame. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 06:47

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