Even if the claims that candy causes behavioral problems are anecdotal, one thing is for sure:
An American diet full of sugar is a significant cause of childhood obesity.
But it tastes so darned good.
The Centers for Disease Control report that 1 in 6 children between the ages of 2 and 19 is obese. Aside from the psychosocial aspects of being bullied or having no date for the 8th grade dance, there are significant health risks.
Like asthma, high cholesterol, high blood sugar, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and, as researcher Ashleigh May says, mental health problems.
Sugar induces tolerance, meaning the more you eat the more you need to feel satisfied. What’s recommended for children’s sugar intake is a mere 6-9 teaspoons a day while what’s consumed is at least 4 times that, Halloween candy not included.
At some point, people can make choices about how their lives unfold; whether or not choices are made is harder to pull off than it is to suggest.
Most of us who are disabled, invisibly or not, wouldn’t choose disability to be part of our lives. How horrifying is it that some obese people have that option and choose otherwise.
Although she was a chunk-of-a-baby, Kathe Skinner didn’t grow up that way. A Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Relationship Coach, Kathe specializes in working with couples, especially those when invisible disability is part of the relationship mix. She and husband David reside in Colorado with their two cats, Petey and Lucy. Lucy and David could stand to pass on a second helping of kibbles.
Categories: Effect of invisible (hidden) disability on relationship
Tags: behavioral problems, being heard, Centers for Disease Control, childhood obesity, chronic illness, Colorado, communicate, couples, disability, hidden disability, invisible disability, psychotherapy, relationship coach, wheelchair
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