Well, my kids walk quite a bit but we live in a city, and in a family-oriented relatively safe neighborhood. But we have lived in a lot of places where there are no sidewalks, is what I was talking about; lots of places that just assume you have a car and that this is the only way you move about. This, in my opinion, is at least as much to blame for obese children as McDonald's. Actually, the concern with fast food isa not so much present diet -- children do need fat, though there are better fats than the McD version -- but dietary habits that may be hard to change once you are oh, over 25 and and working a desk job. But I think Supersize Me -- though I haven't see it -- doesn't really give people credit for the responsibility to manage their own health. Gee, if you notice you are getting fatter, cut down on those Big Macs! On the third hand, I think that there may well be some sort of virus that affects metabolism. I just don't think that even if infected diet is irrelevant :)
Dana On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:48:43 -0600, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our 14 year old, soon to be 15 does his best to avoid walking. > Actually he does his best to avoid even riding a bike, if so much of a > hint of a drop of rain is detected he is phone one of use to come and > pick him up from school. All of his friends are the same way in > regards to avoiding walking or riding a bike somewhere, they rather be > carted around. Definately a distinct difference from how I grew up, > we never wanted to have to ride a bus or get driven to places such as > school, we'd rather walk a mile or two than be seen doing that. At > least our kid is far from overweight, must have the luckiest > metabolism(sp?) because he definately matches the definition of lazy > in regards to doing things physical and does not eat the best of > things. > > -- > Aaron Rouse > http://www.happyhacker.com/ > > On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:37:45 -0500, Judith Dinowitz > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My kids and I walk all the time. (Granted, more in the summer than in the > > winter -- It's difficult with school getting out at 4:00 and 4:30 and them > > needing to do their homework ...) > > > > I think it really all depends on the parents. There are places to walk and > > places to go if you look. Most people also don't have the time that > > families used to have. Time is much more limited. > > > > I try very much to see that my kids get exercise. > > > > Now do they walk by themselves? No. But then again we're talking an 8 and a > > half year old as the oldest in the household -- too young to be walking > > outside by herself. > > > > Judith > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > Do we even need to test this? But I don't think McDonald's is even the > > > main issue. How many children play outside any more? How many ever > > > walk anywhere? Is there even anywhere to walk where they live? > > > > > > Dana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137792 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
