By Renee Martinez
I read a study that tracked women from pregnancy through their child’s first five years of life and found “factors that place children at higher risk for obesity begin at infancy, and in some cases, during pregnancy”. Their research points out some risk factors, such as poor feeding practices, insufficient sleep and televisions in bedrooms. They also found a big difference in socioeconomic status. I found this article in Science Daily and it’s a must read, especially if you struggle with weight issues and/or are pregnant or trying to get pregnant.
With all the hoopla about childhood obesity, some people favor taxing soda to help reduce obesity. How much tax are they talking about? It’s got to be huge to deter people from buying it on a daily basis. I never understood why buying a bottle of water costs as much, if not more, than buying a bottle of soda. Why is junk food so much cheaper than healthier options?
Others want to renovate school lunches. Personally, I think that is a great idea. Have you tasted the school lunches? And if you give a child the option of buying soda over milk, water or juice, chances are they would pick soda. In my children’s school, they teach the kids about healthy living; eating food that gives your body energy, excersive to stay strong…
Children are getting bigger and need to slim down for their future, and more importantly they need to be healthy. The companies making the garbage food should be more accountable. But mostly- it’s the parents responsibility to teach their children healthy eating and living habits. Parents need to be educated about the ill affects of junk food.
What do you do to live a healthy lifestyle in your home?
About the Author: Renee Martinez consults and speaks professionally on social media marketing, integrated marketing communications, public relations and branding. She is the president of Ruby Marketing Communications (www.rubymarcom.com), a boutique marketing communications company that specializes in providing branding, social media strategy and integration, and creative services. Her blog (www.lisac95.sg-host.com), provides resources on everything marketing and social media for her active audience.
Renee has contributed as a featured monthly columnist in the monthly jewelry industry publication, JCK on matters related to internet marketing as well as in InStore Magazine as a featured blogger where she writes about developing effective marketing strategies for the jewelry industry using social media. She is the founder of: Social Media Biz Summit (www.socialmediabizsummit.com), the first large-scale SM conference to come to Buffalo, NY; #jewelrychat, a weekly twitter chat for the jewelry industry and www.RaisingBoysWorld.com. Renee teaches social marketing courses at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY for the business school as well as offers small group social media marketing training and educational seminars for businesses in Western New York and beyond.
Renee has dabbled in internet marketing arena since the early 90′s and is not ashamed to call herself a “marketing geek”. From chatting in AOL, “sharing” music on Napster, and teaching HTML classes before it was considered “cool” to developing comprehensive social media strategies, effective public relations campaigns and managing online communities (most recently Chevy Girls Buffalo).
She enjoys being able to help people find their voice online and to create buzz about their product or service that will give them the results they desire.
Renee can be found on Twitter (@reneemmartinez) and Facebook (http:/www.facebook.com/RubyMarCom).
