Do you know the nutrition information for a kid’s Happy Meal?
Well, McDonald’s website doesn’t list it, but we can look at each piece of the meal: small fries – 230 calories, 11 grams fat, 160 milligrams of sodium; 4 piece chicken McNuggets – 190 calories, 12 grams fat, 400 milligrams of sodium; chocolate milk – 170 calories, 3 grams fat, 150 milligrams of sodium. That’s a grand total of 590 calories, 26 grams fat, and 710 milligrams of sodium.
As moms and dads we have the most influence with our kids when it comes to eating habits. What foods we eat in front of them, share with them, feed them (and give to them when they beg) is establishing their eating behavior.
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How many people do you know who have high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol? Probably quite a few. Maybe even you are dealing with one of these conditions.
Unfortunately, these health issues are so common we’ve lost our respect for them. Someone says, “Yeah, I have high blood pressure,” as easily as if she/he was talking about the common cold.
People take medication like it was a magic potion, feeling like that’s all they need to do and they’ll be okay. They abuse their bodies by eating fried foods, sweets, and salty snacks – when they’re bodies cannot process that kind of junk. They sit at their desk, at their dinner table, and on their couch while their heart and body are weakening.
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I stopped in the middle of the store to read the sign over several times. The usually “Plus” tag on the clothing rack was replaced with a sign that said, “Extended Sizes.”
“What?” I thought. “Extended?” I guess plus was too harsh of a word so they made it softer, less offensive. Extended…like seatbelt extenders when you’re too big to use the seatbelt?
I used to be called chubby when I was a kid. Being 185 pounds at age 11 was a little more than chubby. I was a fat kid – round belly, round cheeks, roly poly. Chubby was the way nice people referred to me.
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