http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/10/06/halloween.candy.fat.ap/index.html
As Halloween quickly approaches, we put together the last few things that make-up this popular holiday. Last minute fixes to our costumes, definate plans with friends, and of course: candy. It seems as if this holiday has become "National Sugar-Overload Day." With the more awarness about sugar and the constant health concerns about our overweight society, how do parents and children battle the epidemic? One mother in New York has created a new concept: the "Switch Witch"
Mother Lisa Bruno was inspired to create a way to counter the effects of candy on her 3 and 5 year-old children when she noticed the pudge underneath other kids' costumes. "The kids were just so huge," she said. "I felt a responsibility to my community to take care of the kids around me." Thirty percent of kids between two and nineteen are overweight or obese. To make sure her kids don't become part of that statistic, Bruno came up with the concept of the "Switch Witch." On Halloween, her children get to eat whatever candy they want. They then get to leave the remaining candy for the Switch Witch, whose job is very similar to that of the tooth fairy's. She takes the kids' candy, leaving toys in her wake. "The more candy they put out, the bigger the toy." Some kids have even put all their candy in for toys.
Bruno is one of many mothers catching on to the this sneaky candy-taking trend. The mothers then bring the remaining candy to work, or even throw it out. I think this is a great way to help promote health without taking the fun out of Halloween. Kids still get their candy and the joy of trick-or-treating without the gut to show it.
3 comments:
This is a nice blog and very appropriate for the time of year, but i do beleive that most of the people that this mother saw, were fat because of other ways not candy. Even though this idea sounds silly i would probably have eaten all my candy because its once a year and i never really ate candy besides helloween. This is a good idea but a little impracticle because not many people have enough money to buy a toy and throw out candy. It is an iteresting way of not getting your kids to eat candy though. Nice Job.
I thought this was a great idea. My mom would always make me and my sister go through our candy and get to keep a few things the rest she would bring to work. I think that now people are going out to get way to much candy, I have seen people with complete pillow cases full. I think it is a great idea to just not bring your children to so many houses maybe just your close neighborhood. Also, I don't feel that the belly's that the mother saw were because of Halloween candy so there may be other healthy eating habbits that need to happen throughout the entire year.
That is the most creative idea that i have heard in a long time. I like how it gives the kids the choice between eating more candy or getting a better toy. The ability to teach young kids this type of rationalization it great. there are far to many people that just dont get it, and feel that they should have everything just because they want it.
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