"The Elements"

I truly enjoy building the castle! Making the pile as big as possible! In the case of the "Winners Circle Weekend" we call the bricks "elements"! They are coming together very nicely.
Landing Charli Turner Thorne as our featured speaker along with "The Ultimate Elvis Experience" from Vegas as our dinner show, gives us a solid foundation. I'm excited to build the Gala from here on.
We certainly hope you are planning on attending the weekend event. I promise you will have a good time.You too are one of the "elements"!

Wid

Halloween Tips ~ Reducing sugar intake

With Halloween coming up, give some thought as to what you hand out to all the little ghosts and goblins that come to your door on October 31.

If you're set on shelling out something sweet, here's the caloric info:
• Fun/snack size Snickers - 72 calories
• Fun/snack size Baby Ruth - 85 calories
• Fun/snack size M&Ms - 90 calories
• Fun/snack size Butterfinger - 100 calories
Eat one of each (approx. 350 calories total), and a person would need to walk briskly for over an hour and a half to burn them off!

The Cooper Institute of Dallas, Texas suggests some Zero Calorie handout options:
• Plastic insects, ghosts, skeletons
• Halloween-themed pencils/pens
• Temporary tattoos or animal stickers
• Halloween bracelets or rings
• Bouncy balls, bubbles or whistles
• Plastic vampire teeth/fangs
• Sugar-free gum

~Wid

"New Digs"

It is time to update your records.
It is official we have moved offices!!

Our new address is
2625 East Cactus Road
Phoenix, AZ 85032

We are located on the second floor of the
Student Activity Center in the east wing offices
of the SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE CAMPUS.

Our phone numbers, emails, and fax has not changed.
Phone: 480-517-9700
Fax: 480-517-9739
Emails:
Erik Widmark: wid@gcsg.org
Gary Nees: gary@gcsg.org
Tara Heinrichs: tara@gcsg.org

We look forward to seeing you at our new digs!

~Wid

Children’s Caloric Intake from Snacking

Cable network CNBC recently ran a very informative program entitled “OBESITY – America’s #1 Health Problem” in which the question was asked: “Why in a society obsessed with being thin, has it never been easier to be fat.”

There was a quiz that went along with the program, and I think it is important to pass along some of the topics discussed. Let’s start with this question:

Among American children aged 2 to 18, what percentage
of their daily calories come from snacking?

You had four choices ranging from 10% to 50%. Here’s the answer:
According to a study published in Health Affairs magazine, American children between the ages of 2 and 18 derive a full 27% of their daily caloric intake from snacking. The study compared data from Federal diet surveys conducted between 1977 and 2006, and compared to 30 years earlier, snacks have increased calorie counts, and snacking itself has become more frequent, with the majority of the nation's children supplementing their three meals a day with nonstop grazing on potato chips, soda and candy bars. "We are at the point where every age group in America is moving towards constant eating," said study co-author Barry Popkin, "and we see no evidence that's going to slow down."
Not very encouraging – and there’s more to come in future blogs.
~Wid