Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Docs: Phelps Selling Obesity

People: Docs Selling Crap

Since the medical and education professions have been able to make sexual identity, sexual equality and revisionist history more important than education and being a kid, they have moved on to switching back and forth between arguments that our nation's children don't have enough to eat, are eating too little, have too much to eat and are overeating. Kinda like the Chicken Littles arguing that the planet is too hot, too cold and never just right.

Now they're attacking Tony the Tiger and Michael Phelps.

Breakfast of a champion? Frosted Flakes! Phelps signs with cereal

"I would not consider Frosted Flakes the food of an Olympian," said nutritionist Rebecca Solomon of Mount Sinai Medical Center.

"I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cheerios."
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Still, in a country where childhood obesity is an alarming issue, Phelps' iconic image sharing space with Tony the Tiger sends the wrong message, experts say.

"For a guy like Michael Phelps who isn't worried about obesity because he's burning thousands of calories as an athlete...eating Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes every so often is not an issue," Solomon said.

Phelps is not doing the Olympian thing? Like they'd know what an Olympian could and should do.

Why not quit screwing with their make work formulas and tell the kids to get up, get out and play?

May I suggest tag and dodge ball?