Childhood Obesity - What Went Wrong?

Dishing Up Nutrition

Nutritional Weight & Wellness, Inc.

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:nutrition, Nutrition

4.3 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2010

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

One out of three of our elementary kids are overweight and on their way to developing diabetes. So what went wrong? What’s making our kids so unhealthy? Darlene Kvist, LN and Wendy Cates-Dancer, RN are joined by Tamara Brown, RD to discuss how today’s processed food choices, packed with fructose and high fructose corn syrup, are making our kids sick.

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0:00.0	It's time for Dishing Up Nutrition with licensed nutritionist Darlene Cavist.
0:03.9	Each week, Darlene explains a connection between what you eat and how you feel.
0:07.6	Stay tuned to hear practical, real-life solutions for healthier living through good nutrition.
0:12.3	Dishing up nutrition is brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.
0:16.3	Slow down, you move too fast.
0:19.3	You got to make the morning last. Well, welcome to D the morning last just kick you down.
0:22.6	Well, welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition.
0:25.1	I'm Darlene Kivis, licensed nutritionist.
0:27.9	And it's so nice to have you join us today.
0:31.4	You know, this past summer and fall, I've had the pleasure of taking my three
0:35.5	grandchildren to their swimming lessons, so I've had the pleasure of taking my three grandchildren to their swimming lessons,
0:38.7	so I've had the opportunity to observe the size and shape of many other kids also taking their swim lessons.
0:45.9	And a lot of kids are in trouble with their weight, even at a very young age.
0:53.5	You know, many of these kids are so embarrassed about their size,
0:56.5	they wear T-shirts over their swimming suits.
0:59.4	You know, I kind of feel sad for them.
1:01.8	You know, I know overweight kids are usually overweight teenagers
1:06.1	and overweight adults.
1:08.2	In fact, 30% of kids are overweight and about 20% are obese.
1:14.3	Think of that.
1:14.9	20% of our kids are obese.
1:18.1	Excess weight is the number one reason that the military rejects those who are trying to enlist.
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