What we learn from the very hungry Caterpillar

One of the all time most my beloved children's stories, is a good lesson when it comes to Moderation.

More than 40 years, and 12 million copies in 20 languages in the future, Eric Carl classic "the very Hungry Caterpillar," will continue to impact culture and its underlying messages will now help combat childhood obesity.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is teaming Pearson Foundation and the we can give the books. AAP distributing more than approximately 17 000 pediatricians offices copies of the book.

The book will be compressed to the processing of the growth charts and is intended to help guide their small children to talk to the parents of healthy story.

If the were deprived of the full childhood are not familiar with the very Hungry Caterpillar, here is a brief description.

Caterpillar becomes his egg. She is not hungry. One day he eats through the Red Apple. Two days 2 green pears. 3 is a three-day purple plums, day four, 4, 5, of the date on which five of the strawberries, oranges. Nothing wrong there. But then, our little caterpillar goes completely off the Rails, crushing the chocolate cake, ice cream, tomato, pickle and salad, cheese, salami, sausages, lollipop cupcake, cherry pie, and watermelon.

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(In the night, he wished he had finished his gluttonous episode bottle Tums)

In order to enable a shorter short story he gets really fat, eating through the leaf, build the cocoon and the butterfly is beautiful.

I think it is a great idea in many levels. All health promoting the idea, which could take the form of a children's Pop culture is a good step. And when to take a lot of influence, I think the more global perspective of one idea does not appear, it provides parents the opportunity to education.

The parents, such as the endeavour to contribute to strengthen education, books, TV, movies, and everyday life of our children, to make the decisions that affect their health.

I believe that it is the role of modelling and perspective of parenting education. More bodies, school/Government, etc., to promote a healthy diet and exercise, the better equipped we will be on board in the context of the fight against childhood obesity.

The very Hungry Caterpillar, do you think could be a useful tool to help combat childhood obesity?

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