Category Archives: Teens

Your Preference: Listening to Our Teens

In All Jacked Up, teenagers share that the “Media tells us we are a powerful consumer because we have disposable income. Parents and teachers tell us junk food is bad, but that’s what they serve us at school and parents … Continue reading

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Your Preference: Right Food, Right Balance

The movie, All Jacked Up, brings up that our bodies are designed that when you eat the right things, the body is balanced to use what it needs in the right balances. However, when you feed it too much, it … Continue reading

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Your Preference: Investigating the Differences

The teenagers in the movie, All Jacked Up, goes on to say that fructose and high fructose is a sweetener that can put on weight and can be a precursor for diabetes, yet you don’t feel full from it. This … Continue reading

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Your Preference: Stop and Think

The teenagers in this movie, All Jacked Up, ask, “Why is ‘my generation’ sicker than your generation?” The movie also states that 2/3 of the American high school students have middle aged diseases, such as an increase in blood pressure, … Continue reading

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Your Preference: Prioritizing Our Health

All Jacked Up sums up the question for our kids, “How to prioritize our own health and how to prioritize health and nutrition.” The teenagers also remind their parents that they hear “tone” first and they want an environment where … Continue reading

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Your Preference: Convenience Now or Health Scare Later?

The bigger question and issue is how does drinking soda (or other less than nutritious items) influence our health and the health of our children and families? With less calcium, does that lead to more osteoporosis or broken bones? How … Continue reading

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Your Preference: GIGO with your Pantry Choice?

What did we feed our families today?  Did we give our kids caffeine? What nutrition did that provide to them? Did we give them sugar water that could promote tooth decay (maybe without really even seeing the connection)? Did we … Continue reading

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