Some thoughts on tackling childhood obesity. I’m sure most of you have read or heard about this already, but earlier this month Michelle Obama announced the launch of a national policy to deal with childhood obesity. By educating parents, improving school lunch programs, making healthy foods more accessible and promoting physical education, the Let’s Move campaign promises to defeat obesity’s challenges. First the organic garden in the White House and now this; it really seems that The Obamas took Michael Pollan’s letter to the editor to heart. To learn more and support what First Lady Obama is doing at the White House, visit the Let’s Move website.
And for another take on the obesity epidemic, check out Jamie Oliver’s talk at the TED Conference. This video is about 20 minutes long but it’s definitely worth watching.
Jamie Oliver suggests that to tackle obesity we must focus our efforts in teaching our children about food. How do we do that? Oliver’s solution is similar to Mrs. Obama’s in that it advocates fresh, healthy, real food in our nation’s schools. Oliver says that not only should every child should learn how to cook ten simple recipes by the time they leave school but that cooking should be taught in grocery stores, too. Supermarkets should employ food “ambassadors” or experts to inform buyers about cooking and to help consumers make good choices. Oliver claims that, “big brands should put food education at the heart of their business”.
Post thoughts on these videos and comments on childhood obesity in the United States to “comments”. Videos and text courtesy CrossFit Oakland. If you are interested in learning more about CrossFit’s stance on combating childhood obesity, check out the CrossFit Kids Website. If interested, contact Mike Jones at CrossFit St. Paul. They started their CrossFit Kids classes this past week and have welcomed our own Stephanie Cantu into the mix as one of their CFK trainers.
… and then …
Warm-up:
Run 400 M
Dynamic PVC work:
Golf swings
Shoulder rotation
Greek God
The Deborah special, etc.
For time:
Run 800 M
50 Pull-ups
100 Push-ups
150 Squats
Run 800 M
Partition the pull-ups, push-ups and squats as you wish. Just be sure to bookend these movements with the 800 M run.
Post thoughts and times to “comments”.
Running! Hoo ah!
Rxd. 24:40. I e done murph twice, minus the weight vest. Last full murph was 49:50. I remember that as was happy I broke 50, so today was a bit off but not too bad.
Thought Jamie Oliver video was cool. Amazing how many more people die off food than of gun.
25:32 rx aside from green band pull ups
. KILLER.
the jamie oliver show is a GREAT thing. i’ve actually met him in my days on the food net, super cool person — some friends actually worked on this show…3 1/2 months in the backwoods…great time.
19:22 Rx
23:19 Rx
Kept a good pace. Separated them out into 10 push-ups 5 pull-ups. Inserted 10 squats to separate the push-ups into 5-5 on round 3 and made up the rest of the squats at the end.
Need to work on counting.. may have erred and did an extra round
I read an article by Michelle Obama where she basically said there wasn’t anything the government could do and it was up to us to make better decisions. Here is something that the government can do that will make a huge impact. Stop subsidizing the production of high fructose corn syrup. Federal tax dollars are used to make soda pop and other junk food cheaper. How is that good for the country’s health? Of course this is never brought up because it is not politically popular. Those tax dollars end up in corporate and individual’s pockets and they would throw a fit if anyone talked about getting rid of them.
I saw this info-graphic the other day:
http://www.alternet.org/food/146013/why_a_big_mac_costs_less_than_a_salad
I think soda should be considered as big a villain as cigarettes. During the Olympics, Diet Coke sponsored a heart-healthy campaign. wtf?
22:04, but only did 50 pull-ups (with blue band), 80 pushups, 140 squats
Then I changed the water bottle on our 5-gallon bubbler in the office for extra credit.
15:45 RX. suck it, people.
27:14, green band, only got 40 pull-ups done, 70 push-ups and 105 squats before I had to start the second run. Ah running slays me, gotta work on that. Soon. Hey Doug, email me about the t-shirts, [email protected]
18:10
Aaaand, I need to learn to count…
I’m sad I missed the first day of running! Worked on some strength training at the gym today instead.
23:06 – 50 pull-ups blue band, 60 push-ups blue band, 150 squats.
20:35 Rx
24:54
400m
40 blue band
80 pushups
120 squats
800m
18:17 Rx