Random rant of the day

So, today on my drive home...I pass a convenience store. Outside of it was a group of kids...I guess there is no school today? What makes me sad is this group of kids...let's say 6 of the 8 kids (and by kids...I mean 15 year olds?) were visibly overweight. By no means, do I feel that weight is the only indicator of health; however, at 15 years of age, a visible amount of abdominal fat (I'm talking 20lbs?) is too much. The habits that these children are practicing at 15 years of age...will impact their future health beyond their knowledge.

Anywho..back to these kids...they were standing around munching on lovely snacks from the convenience store and two of them were smoking! I may be a bad judge of age...but even still...if you look 15 you should NOT be smoking (well really, no one should be smoking). Not to mention their choice in high fat, sugar loaded pop/chips and bags of candy.

It was just last year that there was a huge discussion in the media/health community about lowering the age kids could use cholesterol medicine from 9 to 7 years old! Aside from the rare genetic situations, children should not be using cholesterol medicine. However, if we continue letting them have diets full of saturated & trans fat, low in fruit/vegetables/fibre and exercise...what can we expect?

We are allowing our future generations to pump their bodies full of toxic substances, before they are fully able to recognize the impact their actions have on their life expectancy. The current generation of kids is expected to have a LOWER life expectancy than their parents. SCARY.

Remember...you are what you eat. Literally.