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Sunday, April 11, 2004
US: Obesity, Diabetes & ADD
We are having so much more diabetes among children and adults than we used to because:
a) We are too sedentary. In our suburbs we drive everywhere for everything (even to the gym to use walking machines), and when we're back at our isolated houses we sit in front of the tv all day.b) The 4 major food groups in the Food Express at the gas station are Saturated Fat, Sugar / Corn Syrup, Carbohydrates and Caffeine.
I've gotten old enough so that I can say, When I was a kid, we walked to school and rode our bikes everywhere. We weren't allowed too many snacks, and could only watch 1 hour of tv per week.
An early study suggests that every hour of television a child watches increases the chance of the child developing ADD by 10%.
I've linked the study to CNN, which puts five things on the screen at a time in their television broadcasts.
The senior executives of CNN hate the visual clutter on the screens, but have all sorts of studies that show their young viewers want to see the NBA scores scrolling across the bottom of the screen at the same time they hear the latest news from Iraq.
It's like the super-fast cutting on MTV and in commercials that drives their parents crazy when it works its way into movies.
April 11, 2004 in Culture, Film, Food and Drink, Television, Urbanism | Permalink
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You forgot BEER
Posted by: pedro at Apr 11, 2004 8:30:29 PM
Beer is part of the third food group: carbohydrates. Lite (sic) beer has fewer carbos.
Posted by: John Massengale at Apr 11, 2004 8:38:38 PM
What sort of design do you recommend?
Posted by: john massengale at Jan 27, 2005 8:34:30 AM
I stumbled across your blog while I was doing some online research. It really is disturbing how unhealthy our children have become. Technology is a great thing, but kids obviously need to spend more time away from their T.V.'s and computers and more time running around and being kids.
Posted by: panasianbiz at Jul 22, 2006 5:03:02 PM
"An early study suggests that every hour of television a child watches increases the chance of the child developing ADD by 10%."
This statement is true for me. I have type 2 diabetes and used to watch too much tv and played too many video games growing up. Now that I have diabetes I have finally gotten myself to a healthy weight out of necessity.
Posted by: Jeffrey at Aug 12, 2007 3:41:03 PM
Researchers estimate that about 10 percent of Americans will develop diabetes during their lifetime and about twice that number will develop a milder form of diabetes called impaired glucose tolerance, or pre-diabetes. Diabetes and pre-diabetes often do not present any symptoms until a complication arises, making the disease difficult for patients to detect.
Posted by: Alexis Kenne at Apr 24, 2008 6:37:57 PM
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Posted by: Diabetic Socks at Sep 8, 2008 1:40:18 PM
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Posted by: Rachael at Oct 17, 2008 4:35:50 PM
children being overweight is the biggest cause of diabetes. We need to start teaching our kids how to eat right.
Posted by: diabetes information at Apr 15, 2009 4:27:52 PM
Obesity is on the rise all over the world. If we look at the kids these days, and compare them in general terms, with the kids from 20 or 30 years ago, the evidence is all over the place. I know most people, including myself, are concerned with health care, especially now with the proposed changes in health care coverage around the US and the world. Things like Weight Management and Healthy Living are always on our minds, and there is a lot to be said for getting involved with a Healthcare management team to assist with our health goals.
Posted by: diabetic at Aug 28, 2009 8:17:43 PM
understanding basic information about diabetes is the key to contorl diabetic safe & effective
Posted by: mysource info at Oct 1, 2009 11:32:47 PM
wow i had no idea that televisions can actually cause an increase in the development of ADD.
Posted by: platinum wedding rings at Jan 29, 2010 5:22:04 AM
Your major two reasons are right!
Sam Nisbett
Posted by: diabetes at Feb 28, 2010 9:20:39 AM
I hate this copout that TV, school, Internet (pick your scapegoat) is the problem. Where are the parents? Don't they have any responsibilty?
Posted by: micropile at Apr 21, 2010 9:39:40 AM
Women with GDM are at elevated risk for numerous matemal health complications, and their infants are at elevated risk for death and morbidity. Management of GDM has traditionally been through diet and close monitoring of glucose levels, with initiation of insulin therapy when diet alone fails to maintain euglycemia. Recently, however, it has been suggested that alternative treatment modalities, such as exercise, may overcome a peripheral resistance to insulin, thus preventing GDM or controlling hyperglycemia in women with GDM.
Posted by: Causes of obesity at Apr 27, 2010 5:13:45 AM
It is the common myth that if you suffer from diabetes, you have to eat special food that is often very expensive. In reality the diet works for the best if the food consists of proteins, carbohydrates and fats, but in right combination.
Posted by: Elliot Clark at May 29, 2010 1:41:17 PM
We definitely are our own worst enemies when it comes to our health... "Back in the day" the food eaten was fresh- grown in the garden or hunted in the woods- and they didn't have nearly the types of health problems we now have.
Posted by: Nopalea at Jun 8, 2010 6:54:22 PM
Diabetes is getting out of control because our society nowadays don't really care about their health. Mostly people now are obesity.
Posted by: Markin Ambuh at Oct 2, 2010 12:51:03 PM
