Early morning flight tomorrow out of Buffalo so you get these wonderful insights a bit earlier...kind of like the old days when my parents would get the Sunday Daily News in New York on Saturday nite.,..the bagel places in new york were churning out hot NY bagels on Saturday nite....My dad would take me out for a saturday nite ride for those great smelling bagels and get that paper early....but alas, if my Dad only knew then that his son would be railing against bagels as being too high in carb calories and they should not be eaten!
I read a very disturbing report in the USA Today earlier in the week that almost 1/4 of the children in the nation have had times in which food was scarce in the household. 1/4 of the children in America have suffered from hunger? This is the United States...not some third world country...I was shocked.
Clearly, if households are experiencing financial issues that are difficult the response will be parents trying to purchase as many food sources they can at as low a cost as possible...this will lead to the purchase of fast foods, pasta etc. The result unfortunately will be an increased tendency towards obesity in the children. The affected parents are trying their very best to feed their children and not have them feel "hungry" but the outcome will not be long-term health.
Solutions? Perhaps having government monies directed to food support programs for familys in need.....funding this? Not an answer this doctor can come up with but everytime I read about waste, fraud and abuse involving billions of our tax dollars on ridiculous BS, one has to wonder how much healthy food that could buy for children who need our help.
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