Over the summer the Style Network came out with a show called "Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back". In this show there was a girl named Tanisha Mitchell, 17 years old, and weighed in about 476lbs. She was one of the biggest girls there, but also one of the most optomistic. Every year they give the kids a choice of doing a 5K run/walk, and Tanisha decided she wanted to do it this year. BUT the onsite healthcare provider over ruled her wish to walk, and told her she could not do it. This made me, and Tanisha's counsilour extremely upset. I realize that there are health risks with a girl this big, but to not even give her the chance to try broke my heart and broke hers too. I want to know what you think.
I couldn't find a clip, but its on episode 4 if your interested.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
The Facts
Child obesity is a rising problem in the United States today. Doctors, nutritionists, and Pediatricians have all done the research, and these are the facts: 15% of kids between the ages of 6 and 11 are considered overweight. Over 25% of minority children are greatly overweight. Not only do we have obesity in children, but now we have super-obesity in children. This number has increased 100% in the past two decades. This problem can cause health problems such as: high cholesterol, which many of these kids already have. Elevated blood lipids, high blood pressure, and worst of all a 40% of kids diagnosed with diabetes have type 2, the one most commonly associated with obesity.
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