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Addiction to Highly Pleasurable Food as a Cause of the Childhood Obesity Epidemic: A Qualitative Internet Study 
Looking at Childhood Obesity as an addiction may be warranted. I do not believe that addition to hyperpalatable foods is the ONLY contributor to our childhood obesity epidemic. I do believe that our highly processed and technologically manipulated foods are playing havoc on our taste buds and our inherent satiation triggers. This study addresses some real issues of uncontrolled eating by our youth. We should sit up and pay attention… “Children have difficulty obtaining tobacco, alcohol, or drugs, but they have ready access to hyperpalatable foods. When bored, stressed, or depressed they may use such foods as a “drug of comfort,” which is more acceptable than tobacco, alcohol, and drugs of abuse.” “Given that childhood obesity interventions show
marginal online casino canada success rates with generally poor long-term results (Whitlock, O”Connor, Williams, Beil, & Lutz, 2010), and given that the impact of physical activity is in question (Metcalf et al., 2010), it may be sensible to add in substance dependence methods (addiction medicine) to weight management programs. Further, the reasons that youth seek comfort in pleasurable foods (i.e., to alleviate sadness, stress, and boredom) and thereby may
develop dependency, should be addressed. As one child concluded: “If parents took the time to actually listen to their kids … less kids would go to the fridge when they were depressed” (female, age 12, 5″3″, 186 lbs).” “Youth in this study appear to be victims of boredom, stress, and depression in an addictive, comfort food environment. Accordingly, it may be prudent to limit exposure and access by children to highly pleasurable foods (e.g., sugar-sweetened beverages, junk food, and fast food).” http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10640266.2011.584803
“Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world – indeed it is the only thing that
ever has.” – Margaret Mead I love this! It goes to show the true power of commitment and the difference a committed few can have on the whole. Can you say Tipping Point?!
Compare the way a blue whale turns around (slowly) to how a school of fish turns around – specifically a school of sardines – which can have the same or even a greater mass than the whale, does the same thing. A school of sardines can turn almost instantly. What’s their secret? How do they know when to turn. Is it ESP? Do they use cell phones? Are the using the Internet The answer is simultaneously a little simpler and quite a bit more complex. If you take a careful look at a school of sardines, you’ll notice that although the fish all appear to be swimming in the same direction, in reality, at any time, there will be a small group of sardines swimming in a different direction, in an opposite direction, against the flow, against conventional wisdom. And as they swim in another direction, they cause conflict, they cause friction, and they causes discomfort for the rest of the school. But finally, when a critical mass of truly committed sardines is reached – not a huge number like 50 percent or 80 percent of the school, but 15 to 20 percent who are truly committed to a new direction – the rest of the school suddenly turns and goes
with them – almost instantaneously! http://www.fluency21.com/sardines.cfm
Wise words from Dr. David Katz on ‘Fixing Obesity’ ‘As a culture, we are drowning in calories of mostly very dubious quality, and drowning in an excess of labor-saving technology. I have compared obesity to drowning before, but want to dive more deeply today into the implications for fixing what ails us. The distinction between drowning in water, and how we contend with it, and drowning in calories and sedentariness, is the cause-and-effect timeline. In the case of water, drowning happens more or less immediately, and there is no opportunity to dispute the trajectory from cause to effect. In the case of obesity, there is no immediacy; the drowning takes place over months to years to decades. It’s a bit blurry. The only real distinction between drowning in water and drowning in calories related to causality is time. One hurts us immediately, the other hurts us slowly. The other important distinction is magnitude.
People do, of course, drown, and it’s tragic when it happens. But obesity and chronic disease affect orders of magnitude more of us, and our children, and rob from us orders of magnitude more years of life, and life in years.’ And the take-away with all of this… Obesity is not complicated. And neither is fixing it. Hard, yes; complicated, no! http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130517131148-23027997-fixing-obesity?trk=eml-mktg-condig-0108-p1
Why YES – research is showing we are actually “addicted” to
junk food.
This visual just about says it all:
This is fantastic news! A consistant message of ‘Prevention’ vs ‘Chronic Disease’ will be the driving force behind behavior change in our society. We are people that love immediate gratification. When given action items to be done right now, we are way more apt to follow through than if we are to plan for future events. Bring on a National Prevention Strategy…
The National Prevention Strategy includes actions that public and private partners can take to help Americans stay healthy and fit and improve our nation’s prosperity. The strategy outlines four strategic directions that, together, are fundamental to improving the nation’s health. Those four strategic directions are: Building Healthy and Safe Community Environments: Prevention of disease starts in our communities and at home; not just in the doctor’s office. Expanding Quality Preventive Services in Both Clinical and Community Settings: When people receive preventive care, such as immunizations and cancer screenings, they have better health and lower health care costs. Empowering People to Make Healthy Choices: When people have access to actionable and easy-to-understand information and resources, they are empowered to make healthier choices. Eliminating Health Disparities: By eliminating disparities in achieving and maintaining health, we can help improve quality of life for all Americans. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/06/20110616a.html