An article in yesterdays Daily Telegraph (Monday 6th July 2009) entitled “Kids put at risk by fatty diet” brings to the fore some startling statistics about Australian Children (http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,25737756-2682,00.html).
The research to be published in Diabetes Care states that one third of all 14 year olds and one in four eight year olds fall into high-risk category for heart disease, stroke and diabetes. One of the authors for the report, Professor Stanley, advises that this is so because there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of cheap and high fatty foods with “slick” advertising. She also states that more activity for the whole family is needed. They also comment that the definition of obesity is too focused on Body Mass Index alone and that in this report they considered waist circumference, blood pressure and insulin resistance.
This highlights how important a healthy lifestyle and getting control of your Sugar Daddy is for the whole family and how our kid’s health is suffering in this fast paced society. I for one look forward to reading the report in full!