IHPRA Newsletter
May 2002
The sale of junk food in schools has increased steadily
Illinois schools sacrifice student health for $
The situation appears to be getting worse
Efforts to do the right thing often fail
The media is certainly paying attention to the obesity epidemic. Here are a few samples.
The UK is also facing an obesity crisis
San Francisco has added a twist to the obesity issue. Meet Jennifer Portnick.
Men's gymnastics, wrestling, swimming, and track and
field are dying. Women blame men for spending their share of the $ on basketball and football. Men fault the women
for demanding too much of the $. It won't matter who is to blame once these
"minor sports" are gone. Anybody who has ever trained Infantry
soldiers will tell you that gymnastics, wrestling, swimming, and track and field
are the very skills soldiers need to perform on the battlefield. Our
nation will grow even weaker as our physical culture decays. In the end,
it will be clear that both sides were correct, and both were wrong.
Research seems to support the notion that breast feeding improves IQ.
Here is a recent Washington Post article
Breast feeding may also help prevent childhood obesity
Out British brothers and sisters face many of the same physical culture issues that we in the United States are concerned with.