Auntie Charo's Soapbox

"The study, aimed at determining whether the children in the CNMI are at risk for nutrition-related diseases and deficiencies, will begin on June 20 and end on July 7.
About 420 children are targeted to be medically screened in line with the project.
Their parents will be surveyed as well. " The Marianas Variety reported that the lawmakers in the CNMI will be lectured on the hazzards and dangers on obesity...sadly, lawmakers can't make laws to control obesity. They can't even control the kinds of food offered in the public school system, can't control the candy, sweets and carbs and fast foods that parents and guardians give their children because it's cheap and easy...then there's the lack of exercize because it's easy to sit and stare at the tube....in the days before the arrival of the tube, the kids were creative, they found things to do outside, they dug holes and pitched quarters or pennies into the holes, they built carts of wooden crates, they played hide and go seek, played stick ball, rode their bikes and were in good physical condition. In those days, carbonated soft drinks were available but not popular....potato chips were fried in mom's kitchen and were a treat like the popcorn at the movies. We didn't have travelling people that visited islands that addressed lawmakers about the dangers of obesity in our children.
Sorry visitors, you'll get a round of applause, a few pats on the back, a round of drinks and the lawmakers will go home and they'll have their fried rice in the morning(with their children) with friend spam and soy sauce maybe even with the fried pork chop on top like they serve at Shirley's........and if you check their blood sugar, you'll get a reading in the several hundreds like a bowling score you'd love to have.......oh, then there's the direct cholesterol deposits to your arteries, how fun! Otherwise, dear visitors, have a nice stay in the CNMI!