The Unexpected
Child obesity is cited as a growing problem in Canada as it is in United States. The arguments are that young people and children are not exercising enough, not engaging in activities meant to ensure that they are strong and healthy and burn off calories as human beings are meant to do.
And which they did in earlier societies where everyone walked distances and played games and was interested in sports.
Today we have children involved in computer games, in constantly checking their cellphones, in watching television, and seldom moving themselves beyond their front door to check out what's happening in the neighbourhood.
Young people are enthused about video games and going online to see what's happening on the Internet, not in their physical neighbourhood.
Then, there's always the factor of the modern-day diet, heavily reliant on pre-prepared and heavily processed foods, bearing little-to-no-resemblance to the kind of basic foods that formed the diet of people decades ago, when food preparation was a skill that everyone managed to master.
Now, food preparation consists mostly of going to the freezer and microwaving. And, of course, eating out, or grabbing food at the closest fast-food outlet, with products heavily laced with salt, sugar and fats.
All of which is injurious to the nutritional value we derive from foods, and ultimately to our health. Leading to a vastly overweight population, impinging on the health of children whose obesity will lead in future years to heart and stroke problems as they age.
So, parents who care, ensure that as much as possible, their children become involved with organized sports. And, in a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't tale of unanticipated grief, we hear the occasional catastrophe of healthy young teens, vigorously involved in sport activities, well accustomed to exercise, suddenly dying.
As happened with Tyler Kerr, a young athletic teen who played for the Richmond Royals minor midget team. At a game, last week that took place in Carp, the fit young man of 15 years of age, highly regarded by all who knew him suffered cardiac arrest in a midget B hockey game against West Carleton.
Revived with the help of CPR, and a defibrillator, he was taken to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, where he died on Monday morning.
And which they did in earlier societies where everyone walked distances and played games and was interested in sports.
Today we have children involved in computer games, in constantly checking their cellphones, in watching television, and seldom moving themselves beyond their front door to check out what's happening in the neighbourhood.
Young people are enthused about video games and going online to see what's happening on the Internet, not in their physical neighbourhood.
Then, there's always the factor of the modern-day diet, heavily reliant on pre-prepared and heavily processed foods, bearing little-to-no-resemblance to the kind of basic foods that formed the diet of people decades ago, when food preparation was a skill that everyone managed to master.
Now, food preparation consists mostly of going to the freezer and microwaving. And, of course, eating out, or grabbing food at the closest fast-food outlet, with products heavily laced with salt, sugar and fats.
All of which is injurious to the nutritional value we derive from foods, and ultimately to our health. Leading to a vastly overweight population, impinging on the health of children whose obesity will lead in future years to heart and stroke problems as they age.
So, parents who care, ensure that as much as possible, their children become involved with organized sports. And, in a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't tale of unanticipated grief, we hear the occasional catastrophe of healthy young teens, vigorously involved in sport activities, well accustomed to exercise, suddenly dying.
As happened with Tyler Kerr, a young athletic teen who played for the Richmond Royals minor midget team. At a game, last week that took place in Carp, the fit young man of 15 years of age, highly regarded by all who knew him suffered cardiac arrest in a midget B hockey game against West Carleton.
Revived with the help of CPR, and a defibrillator, he was taken to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, where he died on Monday morning.
posted by Pieface @ 1:45 PM
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