Re: India: Three Year Old Runs Marathon Distances


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> "rmacfarl" <rmacfarl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> Philip Deitiker wrote:
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> >> > Russia Roulette is more dangerous than filling all the chambers with
> >> > bullets and firing, of course, for some people.
> >>
> >> The average kid who drinks and eats an average amount of junk will
> >> probably end up like the average adult. That's better than Russian
> >> roulette. That kid is sure to need artificial joints if he keeps this
> >> up all his life. If he's lucky, that's the worst that will happen to
> >> him. I don't even think jogging is good for adults, especially marathon
> >> running.
> >
> > As far as the kid's concerned, I agree with you. It can't be good.
> > Short of Type II diabetes, the prospects for long-term chronic illness
> > (that can't be cured by a change of lifestyle) from childhood obesity
> > are less than the arthritis and permanent harm to his growth &
> > development. This isn't a story to be celebrated...
> >
> > Ross Macfarlane
> >
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> After due thought I don't know what happens to a kid that does this. It is
> easy to make assumptions but I have doubts about his mass being enough to
> cause damage to his growth plates nor would the stress being placed on his
> joints be anywhere near what it would be for a being with more mass such
as
> an adult. I doubt if an early sapiens would have been bothered by this but
I
> consider modern humans to be physically degenerate.
>
> High levels of exercise with restricted calories does stunt growth but
this
> kid may be eating all he wants thanks to the money he's making. Is anyone
> speaking from data as opposed to opinion?
>
The kind of data both orthopedic and pediatric aren't easy to find on the
internet, it is the kind of thing you find out about after the injury occurs
and you get to see the specialist. Then you find out how often this kind of
thing happens and so on.

See:

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0816/is_1_17/ai_65537456

http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/926048658.html

http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/ortho/oj/1998/oj11sp98p36.html

I think these kinds of problems would show up before you needed to worry
about diabetes.

Jois



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