NYC - Girls Project. Will it work?

Madame_Goldbricker

Just read an article that this is going to be promoted in NYC


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/10381250/New-York-Mike-Bloombergs-body-image-campaign-When-will-we-stop-teaching-kids-that-beauty-is-best.html

Here is the campaign web site


http://www.nyc.gov/html/girls/html/about/about.shtml


More than 20 percent of kids in New York City are obese and its health implications, like diabetes and heart disease, are severe. But the way to promote a healthy weight is through exercise and healthy eating, not by making kids feel bad about their bodies – and certainly not by encouraging them to aspire toward an unattainable, or unhealthy, "ideal."
Studies show that stigmatizing kids who are overweight results in weight gain and that, somewhat unexpectedly, dieting and body obsession also results in overweight and obesity.

*Excerpt sourced from web page

Mobilemuscle

teach the parents