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• A reply on Conversation: What is the first thing you tell yourself when you wake up to give yourself energy or courage?

  Nov 5 2011: I like this thought of yours! Even more so, because I can relate to it due to circumstances in my life..

• A comment on Conversation: What's one importat thing that you have learned from your friend/friends? Why was it important to you?

  Nov 5 2011: Watching and growing with my friends, I am learning to live this life to my best.
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  A comment on Conversation: What's one thing you wish you had learned in school?

  Nov 5 2011: I wish they had taught us to survive in the big bad world out there.. I wish they had made us ready, mentally, to face the difficulties later on in life. More emphasis on soft skills, practical-learning, self-development and self-education rather than just textbook-to-test based education.
  
  I wish they had taught us to solve life's equations rather than algebra's.
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  A comment on Conversation: Whose responsibility is it to educate our young people on healthy eating, physical activity, and positive self esteem?

  Oct 27 2011: I believe that the statistics you have described in your question are applicable all over the world (especially in the developing countries like my own, India), and not just North America. However the situation isn't probably as bad here as I believe it is there. But with brands like McDonalds cropping up at every 500m and the heavy western influence, urban India is surely headed North America's way..
  
  Its fairly clear from the comments here that its the responsibility of everyone, with whom the child interacts, to make the younger generation aware. Each person you mentioned has their own role to play -
  
  1. PARENTS- Encouraging the child to eat green vegetables and fruits. Discouraging eating out. Its as simple as that. As long as the child is being raised at home, encourage home-made meals and avoid food from outside. The kids generally stay with their parents for atleast 18 years and this time is enough to inculcate good food values in them. Even though "Parents do not have the practical information to teach their children about nutrition", I'm sure every parent can differentiate from the 'good food' and the 'bad food'.
  2. SCHOOLS/COLLEGES- Awareness through teaching and special courses. Small but periodic workshops is another option. Guest lectures by dietitians, nutritionists etc. too. A very good technique is injecting a fear of the consequences of over-consumption of junk food into the brains of the young minds, which may be with the help of case-studies, images, videos etc. A combination all these techniques is the most efficient solution.
  3. FOOD CORPS- We can only hope they do it as a part of their corporate social responsibility.
  4. GOVERNMENT- Awareness campaigns >aware public >less diseases >healthier public >less headache for the govt. in form of health spendings
  
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  5. Parents - Again, yes. Teaching them to stop following others' lives on facebook & start concentrating on their own. Self-education from the 'Good Internet' *cough..TED..cough*
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  A comment on Conversation: Who is your Everyday Hero?

  Oct 23 2011: Anyone who 'rescues' me from emotional turmoil, demotivational thoughts and failures. Be it my friends, family or the great people on the Internet. Anyone who inspires me and challenges me to be a better person than I was an hour ago!
  
  But specifically, my mother - finding the strength to carry on so gracefully even after 3 major surgeries and other diseases and being my mentor. And my father - helping me think practically and making me ready to take life head-on.