Programs that promote variants of the 'Victory Garden' are gaining steam, as American children are gaining too much weight.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/931272.asp "...That�s exactly what those like Bryant Terry are attempting to engineer. �Eating healthy is synonymous with whiteness for some of these kids,� he says. �They�ll be like, �Salmon? That�s white people food.� There are ways to make it more accessible; the first part is about education.� Terry launched b-healthy! (�Build Healthy Eating and Lifestyles to Help Youth�) with a $52,000 grant from Open Society Institute. A culinary school graduate with a master�s in history, he leads workshops at a community center in Manhattan on how to cook, eat a healthy diet and think about the role food plays in urban communities. Over piles of black bean burritos and baba ghanoush, Terry forces kids to think about why they can�t get beets as easily as burgers�and how to take the initiative to change that..." "...Naomi Neufeld, a pediatric endocrinologist in Los Angeles, recalls that in 1986, when she had just started a non-profit weight-control program called KidShape, obesity was considered primarily a cosmetic problem that occurred infrequently among children. Today she regularly sees 40-pound two-year-olds, 90-pound seven-year-olds and 150-pound ten-year-olds. This trend has particularly calamitous effects: high blood pressure, abnormal lipid levels, breathing and sleep disorders and psychological issues take their toll on all the morbidly obese. And Type 2 diabetes is ravaging overweight adolescents, especially those in minority ethnic groups more genetically disposed to the disease..." Debbi Grow Your Own! (Veggies & Herbs) Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
