Wow...so kids are now required to exercise for at least 30 minutes each day and the lunch rooms have gotten rid of all those fryers & serve only calorie conscious healthy meals....this is a great improvement.
The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta is the leading government health organization in the United States, and I'm convinced this significant health agency would be proud to know that the Richmond County Board of Public Education has taken on the task to combat obesity among middle and high school pupils in Augusta.
It's significant for me to congratulate school board members for seeing to it that nutritional drinks are now present in school vending machines throughout the county. Pupils now have access to water, vitamin water, Powerade, green tea, flavored water, Fuze and orange drinks.
Of course, there is still one high school that is still allowing pupils to acquire colas, but I'm convinced that school board members will address this situation with this school's administrator, so that this high school will be on the same page as the other schools.
Actually, with the school system's new positive attitude in addressing obesity among students, it's possible for school cultures to be transformed into being health-conscious, whereby there maybe a major reduction in the obesity epidemic throughout our local public schools.
It's nice to know that the school system is no longer jeopardizing the health of pupils for financial gain. Our school system must never perform the role of pimps and hustlers in taking advantage of our pupils for profit. Therefore, I'm elated that the Richmond County Board of Education has redeemed itself to do what's proper and correct for the well-being of pupils.
It's imperative for all school administrators to promote healthy nutritional habits for their pupils. Of course, this positive and meaningful concept definitely ties in with the Greek philosophy that a beautiful mind and a healthy body are synonymous to each other.
E. Maner
Augusta
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Wow...so kids are now required to exercise for at least 30 minutes each day and the lunch rooms have gotten rid of all those fryers & serve only calorie conscious healthy meals....this is a great improvement.
It is good that the schools are attempting to fight off obesity in young children. However, their efforts alone will not solve this problem, until the FDA institute stronger controls on corporate farming, fast foods and the pharmaceutical industry, the problem will only worsten. It is there where animals are being fed genetically modified grains that are incompatiable with our biochemsitry, as well as antibiotics, steroids and other fat enhancing drugs, which affects the hormonal and weight increase in our children. The pharmaceutical industries are also guilty in prescribing dangerous psychottropic drugs to very young children which also affect their hormonal levels. If you notice these new generation of children, they already exhibit signs of obesity even BEFORE they reach school age. This is pervasive nation-wide. It is not a question of merely a balanced diet and exercise. It is a moral question of how much control are we going to allow these corporations and the fast food industry to control these dangerous food production practices for profit, which overwhelms and ultimately destroys the biochemistry of our children.
Thank God! I am against fast food anyway because it's so disgusting!
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