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Friday, November 11, 2011

Blog Article Due Thursday, Nov 17

Read the article and answer the questions that follow:

http://news.channelone.com/ap/health/Panel%3A-Test-every-child-for-cholesterol-by-age-11-54542103-fm

Do you think cholesterol tests for children are a good idea?  Why or why not?

What else can we do to fight childhood health issues related to diet and obesity?

28 comments:

  1. I think that we could fight this health by watching what the child is eating ande also check with their doctors to see if its alright for what the child can and cant eat just like if you are allergic to something when they are born the doctor will tell if you are allergic to something.

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  2. I think what we could do is mainly follow our health policy according to our doctors.I say this because cholesterol is very seriuos and no one should have it.What we could do is to have our kids checked out for cholesterol and tell them what they can do to fight it.

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  3. I say that it is a good idea because it can stop parents from worrying about if their child has any danger of getting heart disease or diabetes and high cholesterol. Parents can help prevent it by having them go outside to get active and get some exercise. They can feed them healthy foods instead of McDonalds and Burger King. They can also monitor the food they eat at school. They can bring bag lunches to school instead of eating the hot lunch at the school.

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  4. i think that they should be tested because should have the right to now that they should watch there clostrolled and we can do that bt telling them and montioring what there doing.by matthew

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  5. I think we should stop this by joining “Let’s move” to make obese kids and teens. Fast foods has caused diabetes in young children. Children have become obese which have lead to heart problems, which have lead to breathing problems, which have lead to heart attacks (death). Some doctors say that there is little proof that testing now will prevent heart attacks decades later. But while parents and doctors wait the children(the future people of America)get sicker and sicker(heart attacks,breathing problems,heart problems,symptoms,diabetes,and etc...).

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  6. Yes,I do think cholesterol tests are a good idea because if the child does have a cholesterol problem, it may be able to be fixed rather than later in life. The child may have a family history of high cholesterol, so it'd be very good idea to test them to make sure the child doesn't get it or at lease control it. Other things we can do to fight childhood health issues and obesity is to keep kids active and eating healthy foods. We can also have weight and BMI tests conducted to warn and diagnose whether of not the child is overweight/obese.

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  7. I think they they should test children because it is good to know before. I also think they shold test them because many parents want answers and fast.So in order to know they need to be tested. If I were a parent I would want to know if my child had something wrong with their health.

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  8. I think cholesterol tests for children are a good idea because it gives a chance to know what they have to do to improve on their cholesterol levels. It also can help kids not get heart disease from high cholesterol. What we the people can do is try and excercise and eat healthy so you can prevent diabetes, obesity, heart disease, etc. These precautions can change your whole life.

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  9. I actually do think cholesterol tests are a good idea because the child could have a cholesterol problem and nobody would know until the child has physical problems.To fight the childhood health issues we can make sure the child doesn't eat anything that can cause obesity. Every child needs to have a nice size healthy meal. Obesity problems can effect the child with health issues without healthy food. The health issues that the child has now can produce even more health issues.

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  10. Yes I do think that cholesterol tests for children are good ideas because that way you can find out if your child is healthy or not and you always want a healthy child. Another reason is because getting tested is a good thing to help you, and your family. One thing we can do to fight childhood health issues is help your children work out and get their exercise. Another thing we can do to fight this is talk to them about what can happen if they don't decide to take care of themselves.

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  11. I think that children should be tested for cholesterol, because during some children's childhood a lot of children become sick, get diabetes, or even get other bad things happening to them. One thing we can do to fight childhood health issues is to take the children to the dentist/doctor about 6-9 times a year. Some parents can also help by making their children excersice more, so they can stay in shape.

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  12. I think a cholesterol test for children are a good idea because it makes sure they are very healthy.We could make food where we put healthy food inside sugary food so everybody can eat it and keep a healthy diet.

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  13. Yes I do thing these test are good for children, kids, and tweens, teen because no one such go through suffering of having heart attacks all over the world at all ages. What we can do to fight these childhood health issue is to eat proper food and do some excerise.

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  14. Yes cholesterol tests are a good idea because the children are supposed to be healthy. If the children are not healthy then their parents will be really worried. Cholesterol tests are a good idea because if the children have high cholesterol then they might have a heart stroke. Yes it is a good idea because there are too many fast food restaurants being visited more than five times a week. Something else we could do is that we could that could fight health problems including obesity and diet is that we could start making people feed their children more vegetables and fruits. We could also start making the people make their children do more exercise.

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  15. I think cholesterol tests for children are a good idea because if you don’t see your child has high cholesterol at the point. You child might get another sickness from it. Also because we want all children to have fun. What we do to fight childhood health issues related to diet and obesity is doing feed then to many junk foods. Have a mixture of food every week. The child might like a sport tell him to join, tells he play good. We as children need motivation to do things. If a class mate knock the other person motivation and then that when they just forget what they want like some people call other people fat and that heard there felling

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  16. I think cholesterol test are good for children because you can know for furture events such as heart-attacks. You can prevent them from having cholesterol problems at the start of their life so you can steer them to a healthy life.

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  17. I think cholesterol tests are a good idea because if children have a cholesterol problem then it will be fixed soon rather than later in life. It is a good idea because the child will be healthy and will be aware of their health and know if the risks have become worse. The tests are also a good idea because later on in life, they won’t have to worry about these risks such as, obesity, diabetes, or heart attacks. If the child’s family has a history for high and bad cholesterol then the test would be a very good idea to make sure they don’t get it . If the child does have it, they will know how to control it. To fight childhood health problems, we can keep children active and make sure they eat healthy every day.

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  18. Yes, I think cholesterol tests would be a good idea. It prevents diseases,cancer, and heart attack at an early age. These shots will help kids stay alive longer. What we can do to help the children is make sure the kids stay active and stay on a constent diet.

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  19. Yes they are because it might save a child’s life when knowing ahead of time. When not knowing if you have high cholesterol you might be endangered of having diabetes or heart problems. We can fight these situations by keeping junk food out of the house. I say this because almost every child in America loves junk food is loves to eat it. Or we can have a plan of activity for every week like Monday 1 mile jog, Tuesday 130 sit ups 50 jumping jacks and 40 pushups with 13 block jog etc.

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  20. I believe that cholesterol test for children is a great idea. Starting earlier is a great way to detect the problem and nip it in the bud before the problem becomes serious . Children have just the right to get tested as much as other people do because it can affect them as well. The result of this are heart attacks, strokes, and even death for some people. Sometimes the cause of this would be eating to much salt as in French fries and even ham. What can do to stop this and lead to childhood health is to speak up. If you fill as if something is wrong or doesn't fill, take is to a parent or even a doctor before the situation becomes worst. Speaking up is all you can do in order to live a happy and healthy life style without severe life threatening medical problems.

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  21. People should be tested for cholesterol and diabetes at an early age. Early cholesterol testing could help stop future problems brefore they start. With this early testing, the children would be much more secure, and they can reduce the chances of someone being diagnosed after it was too late. Parents also must get envolved as well, encouraging the children to eat healthy food and excersize. With this combined help, children will be less likley to have these medical problems in the future. Also, if a child were to be diagnosed with high cholesterol or diabetes, they can be treated early before the disease has fully impacted the child.

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  22. I do think there should be cholesterol tests for children because children are dying at young ages from eating too much junk food. If this continues, America's obesity percentage will rise from it's already high, 50%. We can also have more healthy things in today's food like grain and vegetables.

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  23. Yes, I do think cholesterol tests for children are a good idea because the child’s family might have a history of high cholesterol. Also the child might be overweight and it would be just good to know if the child has high cholesterol. We can have the children bring healthy lunches to school, eat a healthy breakfast, and also for lunch and dinner eat a healthy salad. They should also eat a salad everywhere they go and the child should be able to choose their on healthy meal where every the child goes. This is why I think children should have cholesterol tests and what we can do to fight childhood health issues real to fight childhood health issues related to diet and obesity.

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  24. I think cholesterol testing for children is a good idea. If we were able to find out about any disease in the early stages we have a better chance of curing it. Knowing that eating the right diet and exercise lowers cholesterol will force us to watch what we are eating and exercise more. I also do not believe that giving children medicine is right when we know that there are natural cures that will work in getting rid of it.

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  25. I think cholesterol testing for children is a good idea. If we were able to find out about any disease in the early stages we have a better chance of curing it. Knowing that eating the right diet and exercise lowers cholesterol will force us to watch what we are eating and exercise more. I also do not believe that giving children medicine is right when we know that there are natural cures that will work in getting rid of it.

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  26. I think parents should not let kids eat watever they wont. Some parents are watching but some know there kids do it constantly. Those parents should give their kids protiens and nutrients so they can grow up healthy.

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  27. I think they shouled becuse theysuold be able to prevent it early and try to protect it if they are boredrlining. but they shouled also get cheked again a copple years later.

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  28. I think they should take tests because children and parents might not know that his or her child might have high cholesterol.We should try eating a bit more vegetables than junk food. High cholesterol is a serious problem and may be cured if children take tests for cholesterol.

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