America Over Weight..........Issues with this keep growing!

Why is Americans over weight? That seems to be the questions going around right now. I have some family members and friends that are over weight. They seem to over eat when they hit trials in there life. You know hard times, things that go on around them that they don't understand or know what to do in certain situations! So they eat, trying to help there depression.

What about all the children that are over weight? They are to young to worry and over eat, what is the reasons for this Issue? I have seen a couple of different reasons why and I want to share my Opinion on this. I see a lot of food for one thing, that we eat is so unhealthy and we are feeding this to our kids. They are not getting enough exercise because they play video games to much and sit around instead of doing some chores and helping out around the house like I did when I was young.

We would do our chores, home work then go out and play basketball, tag football or just take walks around the neighbor hood and visit. They didn't have as much of the bad foods out then like they do now. I just seems like parents have to work a lot also and don't have time to plan events out side with the family. I have 6 kids, four are mine and two step children. I always planned family activities out side like hiking, swimming, roller blading and other activities out side on the week ends for my Family on my days off. If it was could or raining out we would go to the YMCA and play, swim, run and have fun for hours.

I also see a lot of parents letting there children over eat instead of moderating there food. Eating to much junk and sweets instead of vegetables. I know most kids don't like vegetables but you can do fun things and make it taste good like putting cheese on the vegetables or make casseroles with vegetables in it and don't tell them. Learn when to say no to extra cakes and cookies. Children live what they learn. If you are giving in all the time to junk foods when they are two and three and not fixing healthy meals then I feel that is a big part of the reason why children in America are over weight.

I feel that if you teach kids when they are real young how to eat healthy and keep snacks to a limit, they will learn this habit as they grow. I did this with my children and it works. I have always tryed to eat healthy and taught this to my children since they were young. All of my children are healthy and non are over weight. I have also been trying to teach my grand babies this.

When we were in school they taught more on healthy foods and 4-4-3-2, I feel that this is not being taught in schools as it should. I never forgot about that from school. I have lived and taught my children the importance of 4-4-3-2. We only get one life here on earth and one body so we need to take care of it. I have my habbets and try to do better myself, I am not perfect but try and try again to live better. It is all about learning your problems, recognize the problems and try to over come them. If you would like to read other articles and blogs I have written go to: Business Home Ideas.

God Bless,

Sherri Lynn