First lady aims to trim American waist sizes

Reference:

Benac, N. (2010). First lady aims to trim American waist sizes.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 182(9), E385-E386.
doi:10.1503/cmaj.109-3240.

Summary:

First lady Obama, the nation’s nutrition nanny, is aiming to end
American childhood obesity. She is trying to change the children bad habits to
the healthier ones. According to Benac, nearly one-third of the US children are
overweight or obese. For that reason, Frist lady Obama had started her campaign
under the logo of ‘Let’s Move’ which tended to fight obesity of US children.
Let’s Move campaign’s goal is to recruit the children’s food providers, such as
parents, schools, food manufacturers, to provide healthy food and help to
change the children’s habits of eating. On the other hand, contests with money
prize are made to encouraged video games designers to design games that make
children eat and exercise. On the political side, Obama’s administration had
suggested US$10 billion over 10 years for healthier school lunches. Throughout
Obama’s campaign, she claims that obesity would not end unless parents, schools
and communities work together.  

Response:

I agree that obesity is a major problem with children. I think if
we do as Mrs. Obama said of working together, we would help our children to
change their eating habits. Also, we know that today most children like video
games and if these games changed to be games that need a player’s movement such
as the Wii, it would helpful for the children to exercise. I believe that the
government must care about children obesity problem because if the next
generation lifecycles is less than the current one that means this nation is
coming to end sooner. Finally, why the government could not be strict of junk
food providers and let them serve freely the bad food to our children?

Fight Hunger

Reference:

Ayres, B(2010, Dec.07). Fight Hunger! Retrieved 04 December
2010 from CNN:
http://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/07/fight-hunger/?iref=allsearch

Summary:

            In this article, Ayres, the co- founder of WhyHunger, talks about the new service called National
Hunger Hotline which is a National Hunger Clearinghouse. This service was
created because of the hunger that affecting more than 50 million people in the
U.S. This service made the assistance to get food for hunger much easier than
before where assistant from the service act immediately to response to those
who call for food and shelter. 

Response:

            This article to me is wonderful news because I hate to see anyone
in hunger. This gives me hope that still there is good in this world. I hope to
join such an origination to help people to live better. We are human and we
must help each other and not to fight each other to make the world better
place. 

 

 
 
  

HEY MOM, WHAT'S FOR DINNER?.

Reference:

Wood, M. (2010). HEY MOM, WHAT'S FOR DINNER?.
Agricultural Research, 58(3), 6. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier
database.

Summary:

            In this article, Hughes claims that feeding styles of 3-5 years old kids have the
greatest effect on their obesity. Also, she indicates that if those styles
become well known to the researcher, they would be able to help parents and
kids to stop obesity. She examined to groups of feeding styles. First group was
the permissive one which has two styles, indulgent and uninvolved. The second
group was having more structure with two styles, authoritarian and
authoritative. Hughes and her colleagues found that the kids whose parents'
feeding styles were either indulgent or uninvolved ate the least fruit. Whereas
for those kids who are their parents' feeding styles were authoritarian and authoritative
ate 100 percent fruit juice vegetables. Finally, the researchers found that the
least eaten foods were those which help to lose weight.

Response:

            I believe that parents must be educated to know what
is best for their kids. Also, I agree with Hughes that feeding styles having
the greatest influence on kids obesity and their behaviors and habits of
eating. On the other hand, kids cannot be forced to eat something they do not
want, so we have to find ways to make them love the healthy foods. In this way,
we do not have to watch them all the time when eating healthy foods becomes
their habits of eating. Finally, kids always listen to their teachers in school
more than their parents at home, so why do not the schools adopt educational
programs about the healthy foods for kids and educate them with their parents
from time to time?