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China on Parade

Wed Feb 10 2010

I see that Michelle Obama has taken up childhood obesity as her signature cause. First Ladies usually have one which is  good thing. Lady Bird was known for beautification and Laura Bush for literacy for example. 

Out of shape kids are nothing new. John Kennedy had an initiative on that back in the 1960s. A 50 mile march craze resulted in his brother Robert marching, yes, fifty miles. George Bush recruited Arnold S. to be his Obesity Czar. Now Michelle is on the same track. The answer is not so much the lack of exercise but an incredibly bad diet of sugary cokes, aspartame in diet drinks, cheesy pizzas and nachos, lots of white bread, french fries,  and salt salt salt. Suzanne Somers notes that a bag of flavored Doritos is 50% chemicals. Eliminate sodas, bread, chips, pizzas, cheesy treats of all kinds, substitute fresh fruit, water, and some calorie limited micro wave dinners (criticize that if you will but it works, ask Jenny Craig) which are available for about 2.50, half the price of a MCD happy meal, and bingo, the weight comes off. San Antonio by the way is America's most overweight city. 

Picture 3 IN this regard this photo caught my eye today. Note the Chinese simply adopted the same female uniform across different services. The ladies in front l to r I assume are Navy White, Army Green, and Air Force Blue, at least they liked our colors…..hmm, no obesity problem here….. and hemlines  rather fashionably above the knee…knee high boots are back in fashion here now…..

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  1. Steven Beeler Avatar
    Steven Beeler

    I commend Mrs. Obama for taking on this initiative. If we want to lower health care costs over the long run, we have to focus more of our attention on prevention.
    I was in an office last year waiting to speak to the physician (I work in pharmaceutical sales), and happened to catch CNN’s Accent Health on the television. On the show was a feature on Eagle Pass, Texas, which it dubbed “ground zero” for childhood obesity.
    The rise of type 2 diabetes (often the result of obesity) in children has become extremely alarming and will certainly be problematic for us all as taxpayers if the issue isn’t addressed!

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  2. Laura Contreras Avatar
    Laura Contreras

    I also commend Mrs. Obama for taken up childhood obesity. Those extra pounds put kids at risk for developing serious health problems, including diabetes, heart disease, and asthma but unfortunately if you don’t help the parents which are the kids rolemodel I can’t see a sucessfull solution.

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