What's On Your Plate?

What’s On Your Plate?

 What’s On Your Plate? is clever and thought provoking documentary which follows two 11 year old city girls, Sadie and Safiyah, as they explore the world of food through supermarkets, fast food, school lunch programs, and greenmarkets. One of the girls has genetic high cholesterol and learns how to regulate her diet to both lower and control her cholesterol. I highly recommend this movie for parents to watch and discuss with their ‘tweens and teens.

 The film also teaches some very important facts about kids and food such as:

 Childhood obesity has quadrupled in the last 10 years.

- Centers for Disease Control

The generation of Americans born in the year 2000 is the first in history to have a shorter life expectancy than its parents.

- Centers for Disease Control

Estimates say two in three black and Latino children in the U.S. will develop type II diabetes during their lifetimes.

- Centers for Disease Control

One study found that only 27% of parents of overweight or obese children ages 2 to 17 acknowledged themselves as such.

- Time Magazine, June 12, 2008 Issue

Overweight children are more likely than healthy-weight kids to be anxious, unhappy and depressed.

- Time Magazine, June 12, 2008 Issue

 

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