Health-Bytes: Obesity in America



	Obesity in America by Sue Spataro, RN, BSN Join our health discussion groups - click here

	Over the last decade children, in the United States, have been gaining more and more weight. Obesity is rapidly becoming an epidemic in our youngsters' lives. Whether it's all the fast food or lack of exercise, children are heavier than ever. This increase in the national girth is giving way to such debilitating and chronic disease as diabetes, joint and muscle ailments, and even heart disease. In response to this troubling trend, the United States Department of Agriculture has issued a newly changed Food Guide Pyramid, specifically directed towards children. The Food Guide Pyramid for Young Children is an adaptation of the original Food Pyramid issued in 1992. The children's guide features images of single serving foods commonly eaten by children such as a chicken drumstick, a lollipop, waffles, and green beans. It's easy to read and understand for both children and parents. This guide provides an established set number of serving sizes instead of ranges. Here is the breakdown in servings for the Food Guide Pyramid for Young Children: Grain Group: 6 servings Vegetable Group: 3 servings Fruit group: 2 servings Milk Group: 2 servings Meat Group: 2 servings Fats and Sweets Here are some healthy and nutritious ideas for your youngster's diet: Whole Wheat Pita Pocket fillers: low fat cheese, tomato and bean sprouts peanut butter, grated carrot and raisins tuna, egg or chicken salad with lettuce sliced turkey breast, celery, pineapple or apple slices chicken salad embellished with crushed pineapple and grapes A new dessert: Mix cottage cheese with crushed pineapple, applesauce, apple chunks, or sliced banana. Meet the Author Larrian Gillespie, MD "The Menopause Diet" FREE recipe FREE book excerpt, "Female, Fat, and Forty hosted by Sue Spataro, RN, BSN Millions of women in perimenopause and menopause ask themselves in frustration, "Why am I gaining weight when I'm still eating the same amounts of food and continue my exercise program?" Her books work hand in hand for any woman in her forties who is trying to lose weight and feel great. Dr. Gillespie recipe's are delicious and easy to prepare. Her book The Menopause Diet is excellent and educates us to how our body actually works against us during perimenopause/menopause. Find out more. Meet the Author Nancy Baggett "100% Pleasure: From Appetizers to Desserts the Low-Fat Cookbook for People who Love to Eat" Nancy Baggett, the author of many successful cookbooks including the International Chocolate Cookbook, has written an excellent recipe and guidebook for delicious low-fat cooking. She is well known for her classic, low- fat desserts and baking. Nancy has an amazing way of creating low- fat foods which are also high in taste. See the cyber-interview with host Sue Spataro and get some FREE recipes. Meet the Author: Shannon Entin FREE excerpt & interview author of: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Health & Fitness hosted by Joe Spataro Shannon along with her co-author Joan Price have put together a wonderful book for all of us "idiots" out there who want to be more healthy, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Health & Fitness." The World Wide Web teems with useful weight-loss information, useless weight-loss misinformation, and a dogpile of advertisers trying to sell you tomfoolery disguised as the answer to your dreams. Get some insights from Shannon as well as some very practical advice in her FREE excerpt, "Promise the Moon" from her book		Join our Buddy System support group and get the FREE help you need to REALLY lose weight. Get with the Program! by Bob Greene Weight Loss Support Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Susan Forward Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish's Life Choice Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly by Dean Ornish more dieting books more Healthy Living Books FREE Fit & Trim Support HotFlash Hillarity I've given up on losing weight. I'm going to lose depth instead. --- Leigh Ann Jaseway

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