Automatic shut off gas pumps and childhood obesity!

I just cannot get over how many people do not understand what they need to eat daily. We teach in school this broad based sweeping generalization of what a good diet needs to be and how many kcals a person needs in a day. Most of this information is dead wrong.

So, in a susceptible patient, why would we expect anything OTHER THAN obesity?

I explain it this way. Ask a kid today what happens when they pump gas.
"I just press the pump and when it's full, it shuts off"

Ask a 70 year old man what happened 40 years ago when the pumped gas
" It got on your shoes if you overfilled the tank"

We have no shoes! Further, we have no spray warning.

How can we expect today's youth to understand and learn how to stay lean and fit? We cannot. This is especially true for an increasingly sedentary population that needs less calories than their predecessors

So here's my pitch. Put metabolic testing equipment in gym class. Make it a fusion class of health and gym.

Give every student their very own tank. Teach them how many kcals they need. Maybe by just telling them what's in the tank, they will make better choices with food.

Whaddya First Lady Michelle Obama? Sound like a plan