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Kids Gain Weight Over Summer Vacation
That’s right, now summer vacation is being blamed on weight gain in
children. So getting away from schools which are filled with Taco
Bell ads, junk-food vending machines, crappy cafeteria food NOT made by Jamie Oliver, and which offer little or no opportunity to burn off calories outside, apparently makes kids get even fatter.
5,380 5-
and 6-year-olds in 310 schools across the country were studied over a
three-year period and were found to have gained more weight over the
summer than during the school year. Researchers speculate that
the weight gain could be because the summer months lack the structure
of the school year, which throws the cause of the problem back on the
parents and is another justification for lengthening the school year.
All this passing around the blame isn’t helping the kids who need help.
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