Re: Converging Subjects

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Inadequate protein in the first years of life results in less than proper

brain development.

Diego Crespo

Quito, Ecuador

Converging Subjects

> The more posts I read on " modern intellect " and " childhood obesity, " the

> more these two subjects seem to converge. I recall reading a sad article

> some years ago in a national news magazine about the plight of unwanted

> children in a poor section of a large South American city. The parents,

not

> being able to feed or clothe them, simply turned them into the streets to

> fend for themselves. An interview with one of the Catholic priests who

was

> trying against desperate odds to help was interesting. He said that many

of

> these children simply didn't stand a chance because due to lack of proper

> nutrition their brains had not developed properly and although they should

> have been of normal intelligence, they were not.

>

> By looking at obese children, one assumes they are far from starvation's

> door. But wait -- what are they eating? They may have plenty of

calories,

> but a lack of nutrients. The bones and musculature are not the only part

of

> the body that require a thick nutrient bath to develop properly. Just

> because they are fed well as infants doesn't begin to address the problem.

> How many little tiny kids are taken to fast food joints on a daily basis?

> To some children, a vegetable means french fries.

>

> Statistics keep saying that the life span is getting longer, but if

certain

> of current lifestyles continue, possibly it will reverse itself for the

> average couch potato.

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> Rosemary Wedderburn-Vernon

> Marina del Rey, CA

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