New Study Highlights The Need For Health Education Programs To Ward Off Childhood Obesity

Foolish study; this report was written by incompetents.

Attitudes, relationships, intentions and personal behavior control are all factors that could affect a child's decision in either reaching for an apple or grabbing a bag of chips, according to a new study out of the University of Cincinnati. The research by Paul Branscum, assistant professor of health and exercise science at the University of Oklahoma, and Manoj Sharma, a University of Cincinnati professor of health promotion and education, is published in the International Quarterly of Community Health Education.

The study focused on 167 fourth-and-fifth-grade elementary schoolchildren in the Midwest over a 24-hour reporting period. The authors found that snacking represented a large part of the children's daily calorie intake. Overall, the group reported consuming an average of approximately 300 calories from high-calorie, low-nutrition foods such as chips, candy and cookies - nearly 17 percent of their daily caloric needs. They reported eating only 45 calories from fruits and vegetables combined.

No way it was "300 calories." Had to have been 300 Calories.

The difference is a factor of 1000.

In any event, the researchers undermine their own stupid research:

The researchers say the results of the survey further support the need for more health education programs for elementary school children in fighting childhood obesity, in an effort to help children make more positive health choices such as selecting healthier snacks.

"Children may not comprehend long-term benefits or consequences of obesity, such as developing chronic conditions in adulthood, but it's likely that they would understand immediate benefits of a healthier lifestyle, such as being better able to play team or individual sports," Branscum says.

These piglets can see daily how the fatsos cannot do as well in sports.

Still, the problem is not the kids or the schools.

It is the parents.