Summer Is Here - Get Up, Get Active: Helping Your Child Battle Obesity

God save the children from these experts.

"Episcopal Social Service (ESS), one of the leading foster care, group home and preventative services providers in New York City, offers six constructive tips to guide parents as they help their children safely attain their dieting goals, and maintain a healthy and active lifestyle...

There are many mistakes that are made when trying to lose weight. Below are some of the most common misconceptions."

Apparently, simple, logical writing is not a strong suit of the ESS-es. Are the six supposed to be "tips" or "misconceptions"?

"1. The key to weight loss is eating right and exercising. One without the other will not produce results. Making sure your child gets adequate physical exercise - a necessary, calorie-burning component of a healthy lifestyle - is not always easy. Some suggestions might be to limit television and video game time, to join them outdoors in calorie burning activities or research local recreational activity that might interest your child. The body uses more energy to maintain lean tissue. A healthy physique will burn calories even when you are not moving."

Absolutely wrong. "The key to weight loss is" fewer Calories in, than out. How you do it makes not a whit of difference. Period.

"One without the other" WILL "produce results." But exercise is a seriously inefficient path to weight loss.

That these fools think it is necessary to advocate what "is not always easy" shows a complete lack of understanding.

Why mention that the "body uses more energy to maintain lean tissue"? Have they discussed how to add lean tissue? Or anything else about lean tissue for that matter?

BTW, a SICK "physique will burn calories even when (it is) not moving." In fact, ANY "physique will burn calories even when (it is) not moving," except a dead physique.

Even a brain-dead Episcopal physique will burn Calories when it is not moving.

"3. Don't be fooled by the 'miracle diet' you see on television as it is most likely not appropriate for children. While we would love to see instant results for our child's welfare, weight loss is neither quick nor easy..."

Is a "miracle diet" likely "appropriate" for anyone?

"Most likely not appropriate"? AS if there is one that is.

By definition, NO "miracle diet" is appropriate for anyone and will not work for anyone.

Here is another example of Episcopal wisdom. Put these two tips together to double the idiocy. (Or are they misconceptions?)

"2. Simply eating the right foods is not all it takes to successfully diet. That's only half the battle. Portion control is extremely important when trying to help your child lose weight...

5. A common misconception is reducing the amount of food we serve our children. Eating too little may slow metabolism, the process by which cells burn food and create energy. Researchers vary on how few calories it takes before the human body slips into starvation mode and begins conserving calories leading to an increase in weight."

Huh? "Portion control is extremely important when trying to help your child lose weight" and "A common misconception is reducing the amount of food we serve our children."

Is it me, or are these self-contradictory?

BTW, there is no such thing as "starvation mode" in the short-term sense in which the term is used here. This is another lie of the experts and mantra of the morons.

This whole press release is full of misinformation. It is a primer on diet foolishness.

"Episcopal Social Services (ESS) is a non-sectarian organization committed to creating permanent improvement in the lives of children and adults as they battle the effects of poverty. ESS also seeks to strengthen New York's most vulnerable so that they can live up to their full potential."

The ESS-es are not helping the "most vulnerable."

They are harming the "most vulnerable."