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I could have posted this in the healcth and fitness section but I think this is a social problem ad well as a health problem. Anyway, Kudos to this guy for taking a stand. Since I'm not an NBA fan I do not know much about Shaq but he's doing a great thing here. This is such a national crisis and nobody is talking about it. In fact, most of your pro athletes endorse fast food companies which is totally wrong, IMO.
The other day I saw a grossly overweight kid about six years old sitting in shopping cart sipping a huge high calorie drink from Starbucks. I wanted to punch his dad in the face. This is nothing short of child abuse.
Shaq’s New Reality Show Tackles Child Obesity
Thursday, March 8, 2006—In the midst of all these reality shows that are purely for entertainment purposes overtaking our television sets comes a new, and refreshing, change of pace: Shaquille O Neal will be starring in a new ABC summer “reality show focused on childhood obesity and health,†according to the Associated Press.
The new six-episode series, which is a take on the British show Ian Wright’s Unfit Kids, will feature the basketball superstar and his efforts in helping a number of overweight Florida schoolchildren to lose weight. O’Neal will also reportedly be lobbying politicians on a number of issues, such as school nutrition.
Producers have yet to decide on airdates as well as the official title for the new show, which will be airing sometime this summer in Broward County, Florida.
O’Neal, besides being a famous athlete, a father of six, and an advocate on children’s health and weight issues, is also an occasional actor, having appeared in the mid-1990s flicks Blue Chips (starring Nick Nolte) and Kazaam, as well as on Fear Factor, Ashton Kutcher’s Punk’d, and recently in Scary Movie 4, which also starred Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, and Bill Pullman, in which Shaq appeared as himself opposite Dr Phil.
—CL
The other day I saw a grossly overweight kid about six years old sitting in shopping cart sipping a huge high calorie drink from Starbucks. I wanted to punch his dad in the face. This is nothing short of child abuse.
Shaq’s New Reality Show Tackles Child Obesity
Thursday, March 8, 2006—In the midst of all these reality shows that are purely for entertainment purposes overtaking our television sets comes a new, and refreshing, change of pace: Shaquille O Neal will be starring in a new ABC summer “reality show focused on childhood obesity and health,†according to the Associated Press.
The new six-episode series, which is a take on the British show Ian Wright’s Unfit Kids, will feature the basketball superstar and his efforts in helping a number of overweight Florida schoolchildren to lose weight. O’Neal will also reportedly be lobbying politicians on a number of issues, such as school nutrition.
Producers have yet to decide on airdates as well as the official title for the new show, which will be airing sometime this summer in Broward County, Florida.
O’Neal, besides being a famous athlete, a father of six, and an advocate on children’s health and weight issues, is also an occasional actor, having appeared in the mid-1990s flicks Blue Chips (starring Nick Nolte) and Kazaam, as well as on Fear Factor, Ashton Kutcher’s Punk’d, and recently in Scary Movie 4, which also starred Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, and Bill Pullman, in which Shaq appeared as himself opposite Dr Phil.
—CL
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