Kids in most First World countries today are eating worse than ever. (The historical reasons are documented in the book Fast Food Nation.)
Many coaches don’t like publicly speaking truth about weight of their gymnasts. They worry about contributing to (future) eating disorders.
Avoiding talking about a problem is not a solution.
What should we do?
Consider showing kids at the gym the movie Super Size Me. It’s light and funny. Yet a good jumping off point on nutritional discussion. (There is some profanity, unfortunately. And some discussion of sex. Perhaps we should only show select clips from the film.)
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.
The 100min long movie movie is available streamed, legally from FreeDocumentaries.org if you want to watch it yourself first.
Super Size Me – Amazon
Supersize Me (2004) – Wikipedia
Leave a comment if you have other suggestions on how to educate young athletes and their parents.
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