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Playtime at the Health Club [Overweight kids now joining kids' health clubs] (NYT)
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| Jan. 22, 2006
| MIREYA NAVARRO
Posted on 01/22/2006 12:01:26 PM PST by summer
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Times have changed so much for kids. I can only recall maybe one or two heavy kids when I was growing up, in my entire time in preK-12. And it wasn't so long ago!
After you walked to school, had PE three times a week (in gym suits and then showered, even in a public elementary school gym locker room), and had 40 minutes of recess in the playground everyday after lunch, and then ran around playing kickball for two hours after school, I guess you burned a lot more calories than kids who are now sitting around playing video games hour after hour.
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:01:29 PM PST
by
summer
To: All
PS And, walked home from school!
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:02:33 PM PST
by
summer
To: mombonn; TontoKowalski
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:05:06 PM PST
by
summer
To: summer
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:05:12 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: summer
This is pathetic indeed. Take away the video games, the tv, bring back mom in the home after school, PE, walk to and from school, go OUTSIDE and play, baseball, football, red rover, jump rope, play on the jungle gym in the park, etc. etc. etc.
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:05:26 PM PST
by
rockabyebaby
(I'm not afraid to say out loud what the rest of you are afraid to admit.)
To: Moonman62
And in the winter, too! When it was COLD! :)
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:05:48 PM PST
by
summer
To: rockabyebaby
It really IS pathetic. Meanwhile, the two groups of kids who are most overwieght are 1) blacks and 2) Hispanics. I am guessing not a whole lot of those kids are in health clubs that charge $125 per month. Those kids are still in school, until 6pm, in an "after school" program which I guarantee you does not involve a lot of physical activity.
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:07:20 PM PST
by
summer
To: rockabyebaby
PS Those two groups I mentioned are cited elsewhere in the article, as being the two groups having the most overwight kids.
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:08:12 PM PST
by
summer
To: summer
" workouts are rewarded with apples and bananas and include play like jumping rope, spun off 14 franchises last year nationwide. It charges $50 to $125 a month... "
HEHE - only in America
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:08:31 PM PST
by
traumer
To: traumer
Yeah, that was my reaction, too, on that!
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:09:42 PM PST
by
summer
To: summer
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:10:44 PM PST
by
traumer
To: summer
It's another reason feminists will use to keep moms working (which is the reason we have such a problem with childhood obesity to begin with).
I HAVE to work to pay for Health Club for my kids. /sarc off
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:10:56 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: traumer
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:11:30 PM PST
by
summer
To: sageb1
When do kids ever get to be kids now? It's like today's childhood has turned into a mini-adulthood.
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:12:07 PM PST
by
summer
To: summer
In the Good Ol' Days we used to make fun of the fat kids...
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:14:00 PM PST
by
dakine
To: summer
"When do kids ever get to be kids now? It's like today's childhood has turned into a mini-adulthood."
They get to be kids until they're 30. :)
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:14:09 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: dakine
Well, you can't do that anymore because not only is it not nice, but now you'd have to be making fun of the whole class!
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:14:42 PM PST
by
summer
To: sageb1
LOL! You're right! I forgot they've extended the teen years to 30 now!
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:15:12 PM PST
by
summer
To: summer
I see another scam to make a lot of money for someone.
To: summer
My mother had a health club she sent us kids to. It was just outside our front door.
"You kids! Get out from underfoot. Go outside and play!"
We did. None of us were overweight. We were all healthy, lean, and active.
In the Summer, my mom didn't want to see us, except for lunch and at suppertime. If we showed up any other time, she'd give us a glass of lemonade and kick us back out of the house. Great mom!
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posted on
01/22/2006 12:24:47 PM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
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