Comments on: NFL PLAY 60 Program A Great Effort, But Reversing Childhood Obesity Begins With The Diet http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/nfl-play-60-program-a-great-effort-but-reversing-childhood-obesity-begins-with-the-diet/3031 To educate, encourage, and inspire the world to start low-carb living Thu, 24 May 2012 05:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Joyce Nahorskihttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/nfl-play-60-program-a-great-effort-but-reversing-childhood-obesity-begins-with-the-diet/3031#comment-12524 Joyce Nahorski Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:49:23 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=3031#comment-12524 I am a spinning instructor from Illinois and I would never encourage people to just exercise off what they eat. I wear a heartrate monitor when I spin and the most I could work off is about 600 calories. That is not much when you know the average Thanksgiving dinner is about 2000 calories. I lost 70 lbs. the low carb way and that is the only way to go!! Spinning helped me lose the weight but the diet is what made it successful. <i>WOO HOO, Joyce! THANKS for speaking the truth. --Jimmy</i> I am a spinning instructor from Illinois and I would never encourage people to just exercise off what they eat. I wear a heartrate monitor when I spin and the most I could work off is about 600 calories. That is not much when you know the average Thanksgiving dinner is about 2000 calories. I lost 70 lbs. the low carb way and that is the only way to go!! Spinning helped me lose the weight but the diet is what made it successful.

WOO HOO, Joyce! THANKS for speaking the truth.

–Jimmy

]]> By: Andrew Rhttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/nfl-play-60-program-a-great-effort-but-reversing-childhood-obesity-begins-with-the-diet/3031#comment-12519 Andrew R Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:08:54 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=3031#comment-12519 Jimmy, I think that you should go up to that "spin class instructor" and say you're fired!! I try to keep my comments as being in the "understanding" realm, but what was she thinking saying that diet doesn't matter to people who are there for real guidance and advice! Oh my God! About the NFL's program. It's cool, it's a start. I agree with you that diet is the most important thing parent's need to know in raising their children. Oh, and I read an article that kind of makes the NFL 60 program kind of part of the problem because 82% of the studies have shown a strong correlation between exposure to media and childhood obesity... funny how that works! http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/02/childhood-obesity-linked-to-media-exposure/ I'll be writing post about this article today, come on over and check it out this afternoon! Thanks for the article! All the Best, Andrew R Jimmy,

I think that you should go up to that “spin class instructor” and say you’re fired!! I try to keep my comments as being in the “understanding” realm, but what was she thinking saying that diet doesn’t matter to people who are there for real guidance and advice! Oh my God!

About the NFL’s program. It’s cool, it’s a start. I agree with you that diet is the most important thing parent’s need to know in raising their children. Oh, and I read an article that kind of makes the NFL 60 program kind of part of the problem because 82% of the studies have shown a strong correlation between exposure to media and childhood obesity… funny how that works!

http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/02/childhood-obesity-linked-to-media-exposure/

I’ll be writing post about this article today, come on over and check it out this afternoon!

Thanks for the article!

All the Best,

Andrew R

]]> By: Joe Leonardihttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/nfl-play-60-program-a-great-effort-but-reversing-childhood-obesity-begins-with-the-diet/3031#comment-12517 Joe Leonardi Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:33:41 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=3031#comment-12517 As long as the gov't and schools keep promoting that food pyramid we will always have more obesity in children and in turn higher incidences of type II diabetes in our young. <i>We're still <a href=http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=2981 rel="nofollow">working on that Food Pyramid</a>, Joe! DON'T LOSE HOPE! :) --Jimmy</i> As long as the gov’t and schools keep promoting that food pyramid we will always have more obesity in children and in turn higher incidences of type II diabetes in our young.

We’re still working on that Food Pyramid, Joe! DON’T LOSE HOPE! :)

–Jimmy

]]> By: Nitahttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/nfl-play-60-program-a-great-effort-but-reversing-childhood-obesity-begins-with-the-diet/3031#comment-12516 Nita Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:34:48 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=3031#comment-12516 People need to change what they perceive as a "healthy" diet for kids. Go to any restaurant, look at the kids menu, and you'll see hamburgers, hot dogs or corn dogs, chicken nuggets, or grilled cheese sandwiches, plus fries, and applesauce or pudding for dessert. No salad or fresh veggies, no real meat, except for maybe the burger, but then it's perched on a white bun and covered in sugary condiments. Even worse, look at the school lunch menu - packed full of starch, deficient in fresh foods, a menu that would make me bloat and be ravenous if I had to eat it every day. The sad thing is that some people feed their kids like this at home, too. I think that getting out and playing is crucial, not only for the physical development of the child, but also the emotional and social development. Kids need to pretend, to use their imaginations, and playing out in the fresh air, getting all that good vitamin D, and pretending to be whatever they want, not only gives them a boost to their physical health, but their overall development. (My sister and I used to pretend that we were either horses, or were riding horses; we sure got in a lot of running and skipping that way!) People need to change what they perceive as a “healthy” diet for kids. Go to any restaurant, look at the kids menu, and you’ll see hamburgers, hot dogs or corn dogs, chicken nuggets, or grilled cheese sandwiches, plus fries, and applesauce or pudding for dessert. No salad or fresh veggies, no real meat, except for maybe the burger, but then it’s perched on a white bun and covered in sugary condiments. Even worse, look at the school lunch menu – packed full of starch, deficient in fresh foods, a menu that would make me bloat and be ravenous if I had to eat it every day. The sad thing is that some people feed their kids like this at home, too.

I think that getting out and playing is crucial, not only for the physical development of the child, but also the emotional and social development. Kids need to pretend, to use their imaginations, and playing out in the fresh air, getting all that good vitamin D, and pretending to be whatever they want, not only gives them a boost to their physical health, but their overall development. (My sister and I used to pretend that we were either horses, or were riding horses; we sure got in a lot of running and skipping that way!)

]]> By: Rae Picahttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/nfl-play-60-program-a-great-effort-but-reversing-childhood-obesity-begins-with-the-diet/3031#comment-12515 Rae Pica Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:36:18 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=3031#comment-12515 Great post, Jimmy. Of course, as a children's physical activity specialist, I'm pleased that the NFL, whose players are so looked up to by kids, has gotten involved. I absolutely want the children up and active for at least 60 minutes a day. But even at that they won't be meeting the minimum requirements for physical activity; nor will they be coming close to the amount of physical activity my friends and I got when we were kids. (I had to laugh at the study reported in the British medical journal. Of COURSE there was no change in BMI when children played for 30 minutes 3 times a week! I mean, 30 minutes, 3 times a week! That leaves a heck of a lot of time for sedentary behavior.) As you know, the formula is energy in/energy out. The number of calories consumed should equal the number burned. That simply isn't happening today. But you're right in pointing out that the quality of those calories consumed counts, too! When children get 25% of their vegetable servings in the form of potato chips and French fries, something obviously has to change in their diet! <i>THANKS Rae! I agree we played much more as kids and today's generation could stand to do more than one hour a day...at least it's a good start. Regarding the diet, your potato consumption statistic is actually much lower than what <a href=http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=1780 rel="nofollow">a representative from the American Diabetes Association presented at a bariatric conference I attended in 2007</a>. She showed evidence from their survey that revealed a shocking 56 percent of the "vegetable" intake by children 2-19 years old consisted of "fried potatoes" and "other potatoes." Can you say Mickey D's French fries?! The problem is much worse than we even know. THANK YOU for your comments! --Jimmy</i> Great post, Jimmy. Of course, as a children’s physical activity specialist, I’m pleased that the NFL, whose players are so looked up to by kids, has gotten involved. I absolutely want the children up and active for at least 60 minutes a day. But even at that they won’t be meeting the minimum requirements for physical activity; nor will they be coming close to the amount of physical activity my friends and I got when we were kids. (I had to laugh at the study reported in the British medical journal. Of COURSE there was no change in BMI when children played for 30 minutes 3 times a week! I mean, 30 minutes, 3 times a week! That leaves a heck of a lot of time for sedentary behavior.)

As you know, the formula is energy in/energy out. The number of calories consumed should equal the number burned. That simply isn’t happening today. But you’re right in pointing out that the quality of those calories consumed counts, too! When children get 25% of their vegetable servings in the form of potato chips and French fries, something obviously has to change in their diet!

THANKS Rae! I agree we played much more as kids and today’s generation could stand to do more than one hour a day…at least it’s a good start. Regarding the diet, your potato consumption statistic is actually much lower than what a representative from the American Diabetes Association presented at a bariatric conference I attended in 2007. She showed evidence from their survey that revealed a shocking 56 percent of the “vegetable” intake by children 2-19 years old consisted of “fried potatoes” and “other potatoes.” Can you say Mickey D’s French fries?! The problem is much worse than we even know. THANK YOU for your comments!

–Jimmy

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