Comments on: Pasta with Chicken Sausage and Vegetables; Childhood Obesity and the Snack Epidemic http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/pasta-with-chicken-sausage-and-vegetables-childhood-obesity-and-the-snack-epidemic/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Chef Chuck http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/pasta-with-chicken-sausage-and-vegetables-childhood-obesity-and-the-snack-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Chef Chuck Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:39:04 +0000 http://www.foodplanetblog.com/?p=3445#comment-1028 This blend sounds great! I love sausage. Thank you for sharing:) This blend sounds great! I love sausage.
Thank you for sharing:)

]]> By: Donna http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/pasta-with-chicken-sausage-and-vegetables-childhood-obesity-and-the-snack-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 Donna Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:22:16 +0000 http://www.foodplanetblog.com/?p=3445#comment-1027 I agree with your point on the continuous need for fulfillment on so many levels. Once again, I wonder whether this can ever be turned around. I agree with your point on the continuous need for fulfillment on so many levels. Once again, I wonder whether this can ever be turned around.

]]> By: Donna http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/pasta-with-chicken-sausage-and-vegetables-childhood-obesity-and-the-snack-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Donna Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:20:28 +0000 http://www.foodplanetblog.com/?p=3445#comment-1026 Hah! Good one. Hah! Good one.

]]> By: Mike http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/pasta-with-chicken-sausage-and-vegetables-childhood-obesity-and-the-snack-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 Mike Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:51:29 +0000 http://www.foodplanetblog.com/?p=3445#comment-1021 I think snacking started with teachers trying to manage their young students energy level for optimal learning but non nutritious calorie dense foods have become snack fare. My point is that there is not too much snacking. I was going to post this yesterday but my my fingers were greasy from the chips I was eating. Later I came back to make my point about snacking but my fingers were sticky from the powdered sugar on my jelly doughnut. I came to your blog after dinner to tell you snacking was not the problem but my fingers were to gritty from the salted nuts I was eating. Finally today,after my mid morning snack, I can finally make my point that we are not a nation of snackers! I think snacking started with teachers trying to manage their young students energy level for optimal learning but non nutritious calorie dense foods have become snack fare.

My point is that there is not too much snacking. I was going to post this yesterday but my my fingers were greasy from the chips I was eating. Later I came back to make my point about snacking but my fingers were sticky from the powdered sugar on my jelly doughnut. I came to your blog after dinner to tell you snacking was not the problem but my fingers were to gritty from the salted nuts I was eating. Finally today,after my mid morning snack, I can finally make my point that we are not a nation of snackers!

]]> By: zoogirl http://www.foodplanetblog.com/2010/07/pasta-with-chicken-sausage-and-vegetables-childhood-obesity-and-the-snack-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 zoogirl Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:21:35 +0000 http://www.foodplanetblog.com/?p=3445#comment-1018 Well I think you've hit the nail on the head with the above blog. Snacking is the culprit in a big part of the obesity epidemic. Why do kids need food every 2 hours or even more often? Whatever became of '3 squares' a day? When my kids were little besides breakfast, lunch and dinner they had a '3 o'clock snack' when they got home from school. Of course there were exceptions when necessary, but on regular days would it kill most kids to feel a little hunger pang? We have conditioned this generation to be instantly and continuosly 'fulfilled' on many levels - food, t.v. toys. How will they ever learn how control or delayed gratification can actually be a good thing that can teach them to be less self-centered and more patient? I guess I sound old-fashioned, but I'm really not as rigid as this may sound. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent. Well I think you’ve hit the nail on the head with the above blog. Snacking is the culprit in a big part of the obesity epidemic. Why do kids need food every 2 hours or even more often? Whatever became of ’3 squares’ a day? When my kids were little besides breakfast, lunch and dinner they had a ’3 o’clock snack’ when they got home from school. Of course there were exceptions when necessary, but on regular days would it kill most kids to feel a little hunger pang? We have conditioned this generation to be instantly and continuosly ‘fulfilled’ on many levels – food, t.v. toys. How will they ever learn how control or delayed gratification can actually be a good thing that can teach them to be less self-centered and more patient? I guess I sound old-fashioned, but I’m really not as rigid as this may sound. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent.

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