By: Jeff
Killeen Dry Heat Baseball foundation Pres/Ceo
Things that
I have learned coaching baseball in Inner-city areas. Members of low-income
families, including children, may face high levels of stress and poor mental
health (e.g., anxiety, depression) due to the financial and emotional
pressures of food insecurity, low-wage work, lack of access to health care,
inadequate transportation, poor housing, neighborhood violence, and other
factors. Research has linked stress and poor mental health to obesity in
children and adults, including (for adults) stress from job-related demands and
difficulty paying bills. Emerging evidence also suggests that maternal stress
in combination with food insecurity may negatively impact child weight status. Stress
and poor mental health may lead to weight gain through stress-induced
hormonal and metabolic changes as well as unhealthful eating behaviors and
physical in activities.
One thing that I have seen is Low-income youth and adults are exposed
to disproportionately more marketing and advertising for obesity-promoting
products that encourage the consumption of unhealthful foods and discourage
physical activity (e.g., fast food, sugary beverages, television shows, video
games) Such advertising has a particularly strong influence on the preferences,
diets, and purchases of children, who are the targets of many marketing efforts.
This just makes me sick to my stomach that advertisers will not help with low
income families. With the help of programs and startups of farmer’s markets. We
could help with the efforts of child obesity. They need to be talked to on how
bad sugar is in large quantities to our bodies. This is just a list of things
that pop up in my head and what I witness pretty much every day coaching
baseball. I will be producing more articles on awareness.
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