Disney was trying to send a good message!!! Not fair.

 Well, ladies and gentlemen it looks like even Disney is going to be shut down by critics. Disney had planned and developed an exhibit at the infamous Epcot Center called "Habit Heroes" that was to help parents and children learn how to fight bad habits. Parents could go through the interactive exhibit with their children and this could've been a positive learning tool. However, there were enough critics who thought that this exhibit would "stigmatized" fat children, so the exhibit was shut down before it could even open! Crazy, I know!! At least give the exhibit a chance to fail if you think that is what is going to happen. Oh well. If you would like to read more about the story, I have attached the article below that was posted on USA Today's website.



http://yourlife.usatoday.com/parenting-family/story/2012-03-01/Disney-closes-controversial-childhood-obesity-exhibit/53316366/1

                       Beautiful entrance to Epcot Center!

What do Kentuckians think about childhood obesity?

Hi, everyone! So being that I am from Kentucky, I thought it would be interesting to find some child obesity statistics for the state. The following is some of the information that I found! Did you know that in Kentucky, 37% of children ages 10–17 are overweight or obese, compared to 32% of children ages 10–17 across the nation. Kentucky has the second highest rate of childhood overweight and obesity in the U.S. Those statistics are alarming. Most individuals are too busy worrying about their own lives that they don't take the time to stop and look at our younger population and how their weight is changing everyday. After seeing those stats, The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky decided to ask the adult population of Kentucky two very important questions: 1) Some people say childhood obesity is a problem in Kentucky, while others do not. Would you say childhood obesity is a serious problem, a problem but not serious, or not a problem? and 2) Do you favor or oppose requiring schools to provide 30 minutes a day of physical activity or physical education to students? They responded with 55% saying that obesity in children is a serious problem, while 35% said it is a problem, but not serious. Really? 35%....that's a large number! We have to get these people over to the good side :) and 86% of the population that was asked about the second question said they strongly favor having at least 30 minutes of PA each day or a health education class with 9% saying they somewhat are in favor.

Hopefully, this is a good start to opening up people's eyes to reality!

Check out this article!!

Good morning to all! While doing my daily routine of reading the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics daily email, I noticed the link below. The caption for the link is, "Why is it so hard for kids to lose weight?" I immediately clicked on the link to find out more!!! It's a very interesting article that has a few personal stories in it that are great examples for parents of the overweight and obese children as well as some nice success stories for the children to help these children get inspired!!



http://mailer.eatright.org/t/12227/3706909/15263/37/

Where does your state stand??

(http://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/oldsite/programs/health/obesitymap.jpg)

The above map of America shows the percentage of children who are obese in each state. Look to see where your state stands. Are you surprised??

It is a vicious cycle!

Above is a visual of the vicious cycle that is childhood obesity.

*Source:  http://www.knowabouthealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/obesity.jpg