Childhood Obesity Prevention- Shawn Johnson
About 9million children over the age of 6 are considered overweight in this country. The American obesity epidemic has been passed to our youngest generation. Overweight children are at far greater risk of developing some chronic diseases, including Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In addition to putting their health at risk, overweight children are often subjected to exclusion by their peers, which can affect their emotional well-being. Teaching kids the importance of eating well and being physically active at a young age is crucial to reversing the trend of childhood obesity in this country. New PSAs featuring US Olympic Hopefuls paired with qubo’s animated characters reinforce the “Be a Player” message, as well as messages about “Energy Balance” and “Portion Size”.
what the hell!!! millions of children are dying every day from starvation and people are worrying about this?
@LMA629 She was 4’9” when she competed in the Olympics two years ago, I believe she’s 4’11” now.
@TalonWolf Sadly times have changed. Kids these days are on the internet or their cellphones or playing video games 90% of the time and hardly ever actually go out to play anymore. Yet another of the many downsides to too much technology.
@chickwithbrains241 i thought she was 4’9″. ive read that on other sites and she seems to shorter than other gymnasts, when a lot of gymnasts are 4’11″
@xRachelx1992 ya and what do u do for a living im guessing not winning for olympic medals 1 gold and 3 silvers oh and proably not a multi millionaire at age 17
babies are the youngest generation not kids
She is still hot
@xRachelx1992 She isn’t trying to be an actress. The olympics are partnered with this program, so because shawn made such an impact in the olympics, they asked her to take part in this program.
This girl can’t talk, she has zero charisma, and she thinks she’s going to be an actress, lol what a joke.
@hateifly ha ha
@liegeofshadows maybe you way so little cuz your all flabby fat and no muscle…?
@luke666808g She’s 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 90 pounds….The ideal weight of someone of that height is around 90-125 pounds, so if she lost 20 pounds, she’d be underweight and weight 70 pounds.
@TalonWolf Kids are gaining more weight due to endorsement of junk foods and the fact that there’s more technology to play around with. Give a kid a computer with internet access, he/she will more than likely spend hours on Facebook or Myspace, or playing videogames or downloading music than going outside to play. Some kids don’t excersise at all, and the childhood obesity rate is growing. It’s sad, but times have changed.
some thin muscle chic telling fat kids to get off the sofa LOL
oh yea thats really convincing -_-
she so small….like the girl version of messi!
@650sFinnest i read as a child and did nothing my entire life. i am underweight. i am a 5′ 10″ man and i weigh 116 pounds with a small frame. i weigh as much as a 5′ 4″ woman with a large frame and a healthy lifestyle is expected to weigh. im lazy as hell and i still weigh less than everyone that i know in proportion to my height.
@largec its cos her legs are so freakin hench
@tickyul you like really stupid!
she is not fat, all that is her big muscles. its the same with big weightlifters, there huge because they have huge muscles , they are not fat. and muscle weighs more than fat. so stfu u ignorant fools
i cant believe people keep calling her fat and chubby!!!!!! gosh, you guys do know shes a olympic gold medalist right. wow.
@TalonWolf
haha this is so true
An hour a day!? What the hell? When I was a kid I’d play from about 11 am until 7 pm everyday. I didn’t even eat sometimes because I thought it was ‘a waste of possible playtime’.
Latter part probably wasn’t healthy, but jesus, I think they’re setting the bar a bit low.
@MrJimmiejam good for her….
Shawn may be in great shape, but she looks like a ventriloquist without a dummy ( she don’t move her lips ).
” A gottle of geer, a gottle of geer” ( etc)
In my opinion, the amount of fat kids in the USA is a real poor reflection on this society in general. Parents feed their kids crap, kids live off junk food, soda, chips and all the other crap. I see parents feeding their kids soda and donuts for breakfast….well I guess it is ok because it is low in fat, sugar is good. When I was a kid there was one fat kid in school, that kid by todays standards would not even be fat. I think that lack of discipline is out of control in this country…YUCK.