Childhood Obesity - Do you have an overweight child? We offer tips to help your child lose weight and get fit!

The My Overweight Child blog will help you keep informed about the latest research, findings, and resources available to parents of overweight or obese kids. There are many knowledgeable people working on the increasingly dire problem of childhood obesity - and we want to give parents a place where they can check in regularly to see the latest studies and tips available to help you help your child lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

We invite you to add your comments - if you have feedback for the blog, would like some specific topics covered, or you just want to share your experience as a parent dealing with childhood obesity.

Chef Proves School Lunch Can Be Healthy, Cheap

France has recently begun doing what the United States, it seems, can only talk and dream about: curb childhood obesity. The introduction of healthy school lunch programs has taught French children how to eat well, and isn't costing school districts a fortune.
"All around the school kitchen, food is cooking in various pots and pans.... It is hard to believe this is a public school cafeteria and not a three-star restaurant. Perhaps what is most impressive about [Chef Dominique] Valadier's meals is that they cost the students only $3 a day, less than the typical fast food fare served at many French high schools."
Valadier keeps food costs down by buying local and using everything; he even boils the heads, flesh and bones from salmon to make bullion. Students at the school say they've nearly stopped eating at fast food restaurants and have learned some important lessons about healthy cooking and eating. Source: NPR

Labels: healthy_eating, schools, economics

Posted By: Aspen Education Group