Nearly one-third of U.S. children and adolescents are obese or overweight, but many don't realize that they fall into that category.
According to new government statistics, approximately 30% of children and adolescents ages 8-15 years (32% of boys and 28% of girls) — an estimated 9.1 million young people — don't have an accurate read on their own weight.
About 33% of kids (ages 8–11) and 27% of teens (ages 12–15) misperceive their weight status, says the report from the National Center for Health Statistics.
Based on data collected between 2005 and 2012 from more than 6,100 kids and teens for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the report also finds:
• 42% of those classified as obese (48% of boys; 36% of girls) considered themselves to be about the right weight.
• 76% of those classified as overweight (81% of boys; 71% of girls) believed they were about the right weight.
• 13% of those classified as being at a healthy weight considered themselves too thin (9%) or too fat (4%).
Studies have shown that recognizing obesity can be an important step in reversing what is a major health problem for U.S. children and adolescents, and it can be an important predictor of later weight-control behaviors, says Neda Sarafrazi, a nutritional epidemiologist at NCHS and lead author of the report.
"When overweight kids underestimate their weight, they are less likely to take steps to reduce their weight or do additional things to control their weight, like adopt healthier eating habits or exercise regularly," Sarafrazi says.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
In other news, today's kids have the strongest and fastest thumbs ever.
That true.
Now, in Schenectady you'll see a high incidence because in that city kids cannot go outside and play for fear of being shot ad killed in a drive-by, being abducted from their back yard, getting high pressured to sell drugs if they go to the parks.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Now, in Schenectady you'll see a high incidence because in that city kids cannot go outside and play for fear of being shot ad killed in a drive-by, being abducted from their back yard, getting high pressured to sell drugs if they go to the parks.
People are overweight because they eat sh*t food. High sugar, high carbs. Dessert is served 3 times a day. It's disgusting. Kids would have to run a marathon once a week to burn off the sh*t they eat. And that won't even prevent the diabetes they will develop from consuming such an insane amount of carbohydrates and processed sugars. Hint - fruit roll-ups IS NOT FRUIT! When juices says it contains 10% fruit juice - that means it contains 90% of sh*t that is no good for you!
Government protectionism of corporations made private farmers unable to stay in business.
A man with a farm pays taxes on all of his income.
A corporation pays taxes only on what they show as profit.
Farmers pay taxes on their profit. Just like any other business.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
the only reason people are encouraged to be 'in business' is to pay corporate taxes/income taxes to pay for the war machine and other government goons...
we carry them on our backs like the egyptians/kings/queens of old
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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