An interesting tactic...
First off, I read an article stating that a University in the US is making fitness classes mandatory for overweight students or else they may not get their diploma.
An interesting tactic.
For more information, read here.
I, for one, think this is a positive move, but I feel like this should be executed at a high school level, and not necessarily at a college level. I find it funny that one commenter on the above article stated being offended that the requirement was only being made of fat students --- well REALLY? I wonder WHY? There isn't a skinny epidemic.. there's an obesity epidemic in the US.
Anyway, point is, if parents are too lazy to teach their kids to eat and live healthily, then maybe it SHOULD be up to the education system to feel obligated to teach such lessons. After all, a school's for learning, right? I mean why should we only study knowledge and pass that to graduate? Maybe there should be a health component too, and not just from gym class. I mean maybe we should go back to the Ancient Greek values -- they highly valued the arts, and physical fitness.. I mean they DID invent the Olympics, right?
Fact is, diabetes and other health issues occur more frequently with those who are overweight because they are at a higher risk simply by being overweight.
I'm also tired of people saying that women/men should be proud of being "bigger" (NOTE: by bigger, I mean OBESE, not "a little overweight".. just to make that clear). I mean... what is there to be proud of? That you're at a higher risk for a wealth of diseases and body-part-failures? Higher risk of dying younger? That's like saying smokers should be proud of smoking. They shouldn't.
I think women should find ways to be happy for themselves, certainly, but being "proud" of being obese is ridiculous.
No one is a single shape-type... but no one's supposed to be severely overweight either. "Healthy" is different for everyone.. some men and women are skinnier when healthy, others are a bit stockier, but that doesn't mean they're not healthy (example: compare Edyta with Lacey, both are professional dancers, yet Lacey is a bit "bigger" in terms of her overall stature, curves, etc. Edyta is more akin to the fashion models we see in magazines. They're both insanely healthy, as they are pro-dancers, yet their shapes are different.
This is what I mean by everyone's "healthy" looks different.
ANYWAY --- thoughts on the University's decision.. should it be implemented in other schools too? Should it be started earlier? Should elementary schools introduce "healthy eating" lessons and fun ways to stay active starting from Kindergarten?
Last thing: I exclude people with health issues that directly affect their ability to manage their weight, but seeing as that applies to a small, tiny fraction of those who are obese... that argument is hardly justified in relation to the epidemic.
An interesting tactic.
For more information, read here.
I, for one, think this is a positive move, but I feel like this should be executed at a high school level, and not necessarily at a college level. I find it funny that one commenter on the above article stated being offended that the requirement was only being made of fat students --- well REALLY? I wonder WHY? There isn't a skinny epidemic.. there's an obesity epidemic in the US.
Anyway, point is, if parents are too lazy to teach their kids to eat and live healthily, then maybe it SHOULD be up to the education system to feel obligated to teach such lessons. After all, a school's for learning, right? I mean why should we only study knowledge and pass that to graduate? Maybe there should be a health component too, and not just from gym class. I mean maybe we should go back to the Ancient Greek values -- they highly valued the arts, and physical fitness.. I mean they DID invent the Olympics, right?
Fact is, diabetes and other health issues occur more frequently with those who are overweight because they are at a higher risk simply by being overweight.
I'm also tired of people saying that women/men should be proud of being "bigger" (NOTE: by bigger, I mean OBESE, not "a little overweight".. just to make that clear). I mean... what is there to be proud of? That you're at a higher risk for a wealth of diseases and body-part-failures? Higher risk of dying younger? That's like saying smokers should be proud of smoking. They shouldn't.
I think women should find ways to be happy for themselves, certainly, but being "proud" of being obese is ridiculous.
No one is a single shape-type... but no one's supposed to be severely overweight either. "Healthy" is different for everyone.. some men and women are skinnier when healthy, others are a bit stockier, but that doesn't mean they're not healthy (example: compare Edyta with Lacey, both are professional dancers, yet Lacey is a bit "bigger" in terms of her overall stature, curves, etc. Edyta is more akin to the fashion models we see in magazines. They're both insanely healthy, as they are pro-dancers, yet their shapes are different.
This is what I mean by everyone's "healthy" looks different.
ANYWAY --- thoughts on the University's decision.. should it be implemented in other schools too? Should it be started earlier? Should elementary schools introduce "healthy eating" lessons and fun ways to stay active starting from Kindergarten?
Last thing: I exclude people with health issues that directly affect their ability to manage their weight, but seeing as that applies to a small, tiny fraction of those who are obese... that argument is hardly justified in relation to the epidemic.