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Thursday, February 23, 2012

In Ten Years, Maybe the Food Police in Schools will be Arrested for their Actions Which Led to...Eating Disorders

The government obsession of obesity and controlling student food choices may result in unintended consequences.

Producing fit workers for the society might just boomerang into producing a generation of children with increasing emotional problems.  While the food police is obsessing about regulating calorie and nutritional intake, these nanny platoons may be creating needless anxiety in students.


From Education News:


A new report released this week by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital has suggested that the numerous programs implemented by schools across the country designed to tackle childhood obesity could be going too far — and could potentially cause eating disorders.

3 comments:

  1. Not much to say...but,I could see this.....

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  2. This is another across-the-board issue like SOPA.
    Here is a petition:

    http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/i_support_farmers_vs_monsanto/?akid=472.348826.4i-Ulm&rd=1&t=1

    and an Obama push for more "junk" food:
    http://redgreenandblue.org/2012/02/22/obama-administration-wants-to-make-gmo-life-even-easier-for-monsanto/

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  3. Comment sections on other stories about this topic are filled with people who see the exact same potential and they would know. They all have been struggling with eating disorders.

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