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Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Did you read this? thecarconnection.com and AP reports that "the increasing girth of American children has led car-seat makers to super-size their products. The Associated Press says that more than 250,000 children between one and six years old are too big for their car seats, a problem that can lead to injury in accidents from poor-fitting seats and improper installation. More than 23 percent of kids from ages two to five are overweight, the AP cites from government data, and more than ten percent of children in the same age range were obese in the 2001-02 time frame. Seatmakers are responding by making seats that are wider and outfitted with stronger materials to withstand the forces generated in an accident by a larger child."
Don't want to be nasty to the kids in question, but isn't this cause and effect in action? Get driven around everywhere, eat more calories than you burn, you get fat. Solution? Eat less or walk more. Whilst beefing up the seats is a very practical response it's also a tad sad. Do you agree?
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Don't want to be nasty to the kids in question, but isn't this cause and effect in action? Get driven around everywhere, eat more calories than you burn, you get fat. Solution? Eat less or walk more. Whilst beefing up the seats is a very practical response it's also a tad sad. Do you agree?
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