Comments on: Size Matters http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:44:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5149 Mark Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:28:18 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5149 Nancy, great information. Thanks for pitching in and adding your perspective. Nancy, great information. Thanks for pitching in and adding your perspective.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5138 Nancy Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:32:55 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5138 Larger car seats are not always a bad thing. I am a Child Passenger Safety Technician and I prefer to keep my (thin) kids in a full 5 point harness past the usual 40 pound limit. The range of higher weight harness seats now allow me to keep my kids harnessed to as much as 80 pounds if I so desire. Most parents are eager to move their kids out of car seats as soon as possible, but for those of us "in the know" we can keep using car seats far longer than in the past assuming our kids are of healthy weights. But I can say as a CPST that it is so frustrating to have a 40 pound 2 year old show up at a check up event and, since the higher weight harness seats generally are so much more expensive they are not give-away seats, have to send that child home in a belt positioning booster they are not mature enough to sit correctly in. Car crashes are the number one killer of kids, so being unable to properly restrain them leaves them facing a major risk to their lives. These same kids usually come in with a back seat riddled with McDonald's bags and other junk food wrappers. And their parents are overweight as well. Larger car seats are not always a bad thing. I am a Child Passenger Safety Technician and I prefer to keep my (thin) kids in a full 5 point harness past the usual 40 pound limit. The range of higher weight harness seats now allow me to keep my kids harnessed to as much as 80 pounds if I so desire. Most parents are eager to move their kids out of car seats as soon as possible, but for those of us “in the know” we can keep using car seats far longer than in the past assuming our kids are of healthy weights.

But I can say as a CPST that it is so frustrating to have a 40 pound 2 year old show up at a check up event and, since the higher weight harness seats generally are so much more expensive they are not give-away seats, have to send that child home in a belt positioning booster they are not mature enough to sit correctly in. Car crashes are the number one killer of kids, so being unable to properly restrain them leaves them facing a major risk to their lives. These same kids usually come in with a back seat riddled with McDonald’s bags and other junk food wrappers. And their parents are overweight as well.

]]> By: Sara http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5130 Sara Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:24:53 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5130 I will look into that 5%. I know obesity is technically our leading cause of death (mainly because it is linked to every other major cause of death). Hmm... I will look into that 5%. I know obesity is technically our leading cause of death (mainly because it is linked to every other major cause of death). Hmm…

]]> By: Mark http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5099 Mark Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:03:05 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5099 Joe, I hear you. Nice blog by the way. Joe, I hear you. Nice blog by the way.

]]> By: Joe Stankowski http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5095 Joe Stankowski Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:08:56 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5095 Is it just me, or is anyone else starting to feel like a Lilliputian in the land of Gullivers? Is it just me, or is anyone else starting to feel like a Lilliputian in the land of Gullivers?

]]> By: Aaron http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5084 Aaron Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:20:39 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/obesity-facts/#comment-5084 The trick on leg room in plane flights is to nab one of the exit row seats. There's always more legroom, and if the plane crashes, you're the first one out! The trick on leg room in plane flights is to nab one of the exit row seats. There’s always more legroom, and if the plane crashes, you’re the first one out!

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