tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21847105.post1082174024877650843..comments2007-03-23T00:11:05.860-07:00GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12024938706251691443noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21847105.post-75699805425313806472007-03-23T00:11:00.000-07:002007-03-23T00:11:00.000-07:00I am a total advocate of exercise, being a runner myself, but I am skeptical that 15 minutes of exercise a day is going to solve the growing childhood obesity epidemic.<BR/><BR/>Children watch, and learn from their parents actions. Currently 78.2 percent of men aged 40 to 59 in the U.S. are overweight or obese. The typical American woman is consuming 335 calories per day more than she did 30 years ago. Just to work off those extra calories she would have to walk 75 minutes extra daily just to maintain her weight.<BR/><BR/>With the incredibly poor example we are setting for out children, I am hopeful that those fifteen minutes of exercise will help, but if they learn portion size from their overweight parents, it will take alot more!<BR/><BR/>Lynne Eldridge M.D.<BR/>Author, "Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time, Practical Advice for Preventing Cancer"<BR/>http://www.avoidcancernow.comLynne Eldridge M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05592307598309502307noreply@blogger.com