Families & Kids – Food Matters!!!
From the CDC.gov (emphasis mine) Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 20% in 2008. Similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18% over the same period. In 2008, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese. Overweight is defined as having excess body ...
Get Pissed Off About Food
In case you’re not friends with me on Facebook or Twitter, you might not have seen this article I posted: Everyone’s Favorite Vegetable, Frozen Pizza by Tom Philpott on Mother Jones. photo by Ellie Strikes Weird on Flickr THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!!! Food industry lobbyists have spent MILLIONS of dollars fighting legislation that can help our children be healthier. Some argue the government has no place telling people how to feed children, but as far as I’m concerned, as long as the ...
