Childhood Obesity Prevention- Shawn Johnson

About 9 million 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 U.S. Olympic Hopefuls paired with qubo's animated characters reinforce the "Be a Player" message, as well as messages about "Energy Balance" and "Portion Size".

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[wetterdew]

Wasn't she on an advert with some other Olympians for some microwavable taco product...?

[Gabriella1995]

loose 20 pounds???? she weighs 90 pounds people! Its ALL muscle. like seriously leave her alone.

[FiberMania]

This girl's metabolic biology has very little in common with the obese youngster. Her body probably does not secrete excess insulin when higher levels of carbohydrate are eaten.

[MrMezmerizable]

lol

[JamesChristian724]

Uh oh. I'm on the internet...time to be cynical and say things I would never say in real life! YAH!!!!

[icecreamcowgirl21]

@drewman777 a level 5! impressive! how long have u been doing gymnastics? im a level 7 but i practice 6 times a week for 5 hours each!

[brizzlestick]

@degrassigrl190 It would be hard to stay really skinny being 4'11.. I think people only say she is fat, because in the olympics, she was really skinny.. now she is a bit thick, but like you said, she isn't fat.. She's mostly muscle.

[ivliuscaesar1865]

what the christmas christ was she smoking!!

[CaptainAntlers]

10 years. It's worth it.

[drewman777]

To animal freak

As me being a leval 5 gymnist,

The reason we run that way is because since were only allowed three running steps, so we need to get as much power and speed in those three steps

[tangerinegirl59]

Well done! haaaaa, that cracks me up

[themeaningoflife38]

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP (CONTAINS MERCURY)

PROCESSED FOOD

SALT

SUGAR

They want everyone to be sick so they can buy prescription drugs